Yeah.

It fucken worked, didn't it?

It works because the thing he really wants is validation, and they gave it to him. Now he'll continue, and come back around their way again soon, I'm sure.

They really know their audience.

Why would a platform want a current version of Bash when they can switch to Zsh? /s

The rules only apply to low paid employees. You bet your ass a regular federal employee could still be fired for receiving a free lunch.

any relation to Tim Apple?

Has anyone seen Tim Cook and Bono in the same room?

Because he might not be "Middle Eastern" or "Dictator" but he behaves exactly like "some sort of Middle Eastern Dictator".

Because he's some sort of middle eastern dictator. Figurehead of a religion of intolerance and hatred, concerned almost entirely with wealth derived from fossil fuels, utterly irredeemable personality.

To ask for "favors" later. Clearly money sways him, he's imposing tariffs on Brazil because "they've never been good to us", meaning "they don't give USA enough money". It's all about money and how he can get it into him and his pedo friends pockets.

Look at the plane he got, supposedly he's taking it with him after office? I wish he'd just spontaneously explode during a meeting with his pedo buddies, taking them out too. Or on the plane and take them all out over the Pacific.

Because they know that that is really what he is. Everyone has him figured out now. That is why NATO and EU brownnoses him in front of journalists, or why Qatar "gifts" him an airplane.

Frankly, it’s a shrewd strategy with regards to orangeboi. He’s easily distracted by shiny things and gifts, so give him a shiny gift. He has the attention span of a toddler, and he’s fairly easy to manipulate, if you operate within that context.

Honestly, I can't say I blame them, if it works.

Because he's pretty much that. Idk about the middle eastern part. (Why did you even include that phrase, are you racist? There are dictators in Europe, South America, North America, all parts of Asia, idk how Australia is nowadays.)
But he's definitely a dictator.

Relax, guy

Honestly if the US actually had a left wing party that challenged the status quo, I'm sure he's vapid enough that he might have tried to get his cult of personality going there.

I don't think it would have gone well for him because he's actually just a straight up shitty person, but I feel like for an obvious narcissist like him the party lines are just window dressing.

This is capitalism. In that system the money is the important part and so how you get it mostly doesn’t matter. Corruption is part of it, and they use the money to make sure the laws that would punish them don’t exist.

No. Was cheaper do do it overseas.

Allegedly the gold came from Utah, and the glass from somewhere else in the US.

yea, sure, just like everything else... tell me though, is this US that "makes" things in here with us right now?

This would be a great idea if literally any other tech company were even slightly above such behavior. This is just what Capitalism is all about, baby. Corruption. Get used to it, because this isn't changing until Americans revolt (culturally, violently, politically, economically? who knows) and that likely isn't happening with this complacent and socially isolated of a populace

He sure knows how to suck dicks. That's not a win for democracy though.

I'm also confused like you. Looking at the pictures in the article and the others at The Verge it appears to be a trophy or award like you get for employee of the year not a "statue".

Commemorative disk?