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Trump said today, in a speech in Gettysburg, PA, that if he becomes president, he will work to block this transaction because it consolidates too much power.

by o0-0o 10y ago

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jacquesm 10y ago
Yes, no conflict of interest there at all. He's right, but for the the wrong reasons and motivations.
- sb057 10y ago
  How would a real estate investor have a conflict of interest in regards to a telecom merger? If you want to talk about a conflict of interest in presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton has received at least a combined $1,564,708 in political contributions from AT&T and Time Warner. Additionally, AT&T's senior executive Vice President James Cicconi has endorsed Clinton.
  - jrockway 10y ago
    Everyone has endorsed Clinton.
    - koolba 10y ago
      > Everyone has endorsed Clinton. Not everyone :D https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12728645 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12728645
  - jacquesm 10y ago
    This is not a telecom merger. Trump has many more businesses than just real-estate and his content competes with the content factory that AT&T wishes to procure (Time Warner, not time warner Cable the ISP). Though he's already had a run-in with TWC (not involved in this deal but I highly doubt that would matter much to Trump). http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/lat-hh16-donald-trump-time-warner-cable-photo.html http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/lat-hh16-donald-...
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ErikVandeWater 10y ago
I don't like it when Hacker News goes off on these political tangents, regardless of whether your comment was well-intentioned.
- pessimizer 10y ago
  The comment is relevant to what is being discussed, and not a tangent - he is a candidate for the Presidency, which is an office that has influence on whether this deal will go through, and he did say that. Saying Trump is human garbage would be a tangent.
daodedickinson 10y ago
We needed Teddy Roosevelt trust busting like that 7 years ago, preferably from someone without a lot of money in competitors of Time Warner (although Teddy wasn't the poorest chap).
- pessimizer 10y ago
  We needed Bill Clinton not to deregulate telecommunications. One of the many things we needed him not to deregulate.
daodedickinson 10y ago
We needed Teddy Roosevelt trust busting like that 7 years ago, preferably from someone without a lot of money in competitors of Time Warner (although Teddy wasn't the poorest chap).

Trump said today, in a speech in Gettysburg, PA, that if he becomes president, he will work to block this transaction because it consolidates too much power.

by o0-0o 10y ago

Trump said today, in a speech in Gettysburg, PA, that if he becomes president, he will work to block this transaction because it consolidates too much power.

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jacquesm 10y ago

Yes, no conflict of interest there at all. He's right, but for the the wrong reasons and motivations.

sb057 10y ago
How would a real estate investor have a conflict of interest in regards to a telecom merger? If you want to talk about a conflict of interest in presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton has received at least a combined $1,564,708 in political contributions from AT&T and Time Warner. Additionally, AT&T's senior executive Vice President James Cicconi has endorsed Clinton.
- jrockway 10y ago
  Everyone has endorsed Clinton.
  - koolba 10y ago
    > Everyone has endorsed Clinton. Not everyone :D https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12728645 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12728645
- jacquesm 10y ago
  This is not a telecom merger. Trump has many more businesses than just real-estate and his content competes with the content factory that AT&T wishes to procure (Time Warner, not time warner Cable the ISP). Though he's already had a run-in with TWC (not involved in this deal but I highly doubt that would matter much to Trump). http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/lat-hh16-donald-trump-time-warner-cable-photo.html http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/lat-hh16-donald-...
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ErikVandeWater 10y ago

I don't like it when Hacker News goes off on these political tangents, regardless of whether your comment was well-intentioned.

pessimizer 10y ago
The comment is relevant to what is being discussed, and not a tangent - he is a candidate for the Presidency, which is an office that has influence on whether this deal will go through, and he did say that. Saying Trump is human garbage would be a tangent.

daodedickinson 10y ago

We needed Teddy Roosevelt trust busting like that 7 years ago, preferably from someone without a lot of money in competitors of Time Warner (although Teddy wasn't the poorest chap).

pessimizer 10y ago
We needed Bill Clinton not to deregulate telecommunications. One of the many things we needed him not to deregulate.

daodedickinson 10y ago

We needed Teddy Roosevelt trust busting like that 7 years ago, preferably from someone without a lot of money in competitors of Time Warner (although Teddy wasn't the poorest chap).