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Or more simply, a target of a temper tantrum that suddenly declares them a national risk and orders everyone in the government to stop doing business with them.


Not just temper tantrums. This has been happening since the patriot act. Even during Obama’s term where there were obviously no temper tantrums - telco’s were strong armed into sharing call data with the government.

So while the current presidents language is more colorful and entertaining the policy is at least a couple of decades old.


Or a tax action where the government sues them for for billions by ruling assumptions Google made are incorrect.

That's my point, though. The levers the government has to move businesses are endless.




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