Donnie Trump may do a lot of screaming about how much he hates companies that move jobs out of America. He even got between Chris Christie and his Oreos (possibly the only thing Trump has ever done that might be regarded as “brave”) because the company that makes them is on its way to Mexico. You just would not believe how angry it makes him.
“Carrier has to know that if they do that -- and I’m not only speaking to them, I’m speaking to Nabisco and Ford and hundreds and hundreds of other companies -- they have to know that there are consequences when you want to leave and fire all these people,” Trump said at a campaign rally in Evansville, Indiana, on April 28. “You’re not just going to go to another country, make your product, sell it across our really weak borders.”
So, so angry. But a funny thing happened on the way to Trump’s bank account.
Trump has denounced units of United Technologies Corp., Ford Motor Co. and Mondelez International Inc. on the campaign trail -- and has received income of as much as $75,000 from bonds issued by all three since January 2015, according to his latest financial disclosure form released Tuesday.
Ford. That’s clear enough, but if Mondelez International doesn’t strike you as a familiar name, those are the guys who make the Oreos. The same ones Trump is “boycotting.” And just who are those United Technologies guys? Yup, those are the people who own Carrier. The same company that Trump made the centerpiece of his campaign in Indiana.
Maybe the reason Trump never has any problem remembering these companies is that they stay fresh in his mind. What with cashing their checks and all.
What about other companies Trump has screamed about?
He also has invested in Apple Inc.’s stock and bonds even though in February he called for a boycott of the company for refusing to help the Federal Bureau of Investigation unlock an iPhone used by a terrorist in San Bernardino, California.
Hey, boycotts are for followers.
Trump likes to pretend that companies are just things, but companies are run by men. Men like Donald Trump. And men like Trump, they get their money where they can find it. They don’t let a little thing like scruples get in the way.