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Cara Swisher

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
396 total appearances

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

As comedian Steve Hofstadter put it on threads, if speaking out against fascism damages your brand, that means your brand is fascism.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

But since our last recording, some execs are speaking out, at least in Minnesota.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

On Sunday, more than 60 CEOs of Minnesota-based companies, including Target, Best Buy, and 3M, released a letter calling for de-escalation.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

It took them long enough.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

And more than 450 tech workers from Google, Meta, OpenAI, and other companies have signed a letter urging CEOs to demand ICE leave cities and cancel company contracts with ICE.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

Scott and I talked about what happened this weekend as a turning point.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

Anthony, I'd love your thoughts on this because, again, you were just at Davos, tons of business leaders.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

You obviously are tuned into the political system.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

You are a Republican who is turned away from the Republican Party very early, I would add.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

Talk about what is happening here.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

Obviously, we're all worried about the republic itself, as the mayor had, but it's an on-the-ground moving situation.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

So I'd love you to look at it from the business point of view, from Trump's point of view, and your own.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

It is the greatest issue our nation faces, a group of people who committed fraud.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

You should just look at the White House on any given day.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

But go ahead.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

So just pictures.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

You're saying just photos.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

Can I ask you, you were at Davos.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

Let me just say, I talked to them behind the scenes, including people that are close to Trump.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

Let me just say, like, so close they could be on the other side of him.