What I find so completely hilarious about this situation is how closely it follows the pattern of “trusts”, from back around the turn of the 20th century. The Big Names in a particular industry… coal, oil, sugar, etc. … would all target the local markets somewhere and basically undersell their local, smaller competitors out of business. Whereupon they would immediately raise prices, the profits from which would get turned around to support similar practices in a different area, and so on.
Teddy Roosevelt rode his “Trust-buster” reputation all the way to the White House.
Apparently, Herr Drumphfenfuhrer has ridden the mirror-opposite reputation to the same destination…
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