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> A targeted boycott starting on Sunday and lasting the entire month of February could move markets, he says, which would, in turn, affect the CEOs who have the
by delichon 9mo ago
> A targeted boycott starting on Sunday and lasting the entire month of February could move markets, he says, which would, in turn, affect the CEOs who have the ear of President Donald Trump.
This is the issue that brought Trump to power. He jumped ahead of the other GOP primary candidates in 2015 by promoting just what ICE is doing now, and has led the whole party ever since. He is clearly very aware of that. The idea that he will toss that aside due to a bad month of business for some of his allies is dubious.
If this works it does so by budging independent voters, not Trump. The boycott succeeds if they see it as an important civil rights campaign, and fails if they see it as economic sabotage.
- jeffrallen 9mo agoIt could also work by the raw corruption and greed of big business. If Trump's policies hurt enough, they will tell their bought-and-paid-for representatives to trigger the 25th amendment. Corruption got us this far, maybe it can get us out of this mess as well.