Hey, Tech Bros: Hate To Kill Your Buzz, But Trump Will Hurt Your Businesses and Workers

DJT’s Toxic Mix of Mismanagement, Racism and Union Busting is Lethal for The Economy

Every time I hear it, my stomach flips. Having worked with some truly brilliant business leaders, marketing experts and branding gurus over a 30-year career, the hair on the back of my neck quite literally stands on end when I hear tech execs refer to Trump with one of these types of monikers; “branding genius”, or “brilliant business leader”.  The list of failures attached to Trump and his companies is long, deep and wide, and consequently, these labels are meaningless.

Source: “How Trump Leveraged Other People’s Money to Make Bankruptcy Work for Him”, American Bankruptcy Institute, Mother Jones, 2016 and 2024

It is offensive, beyond anything you can imagine to hardworking entrepreneurs, workers, working families, executives, marketing/branding experts and every type of businessperson. While his everyday racism, xenophobia, misogyny and crimina…