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Airlines that donated to Trump’s re-election were the first to receive corporate bailout funds from the $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief bill that Trump signed last month.
This is according to data from TrumpBailouts, a website made by the government watchdog group Accountable.US. The website launched after Trump refused to release information about who was receiving funds from the bill, which Accountable.US had warned could lead to ‘indiscriminate corporate bailouts’.
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On Tuesday, American, Delta, United, Southwest, and JetBlue, agreed to the $25 billion bailout deal with the Treasury Department, CNBC reports.
But TrumpBailouts found links between these airlines receiving funds and having donated to his campaigns. America and Southwest airlines donated over $100,000 to Trump’s campaign, and are both receiving billions in bailout, while JetBlue, who donated $42,000, is to receive just under $1 billion.
Corruption in plain sight. Again.
Airlines that donated to Trump's re-election get first dibs on $25 billion corporate bailout
The bailout funds were included in the $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief bill signed by President Trump last month
https://t.co/uKgOQXft4q— Susan Cooper 💙🌊💙 (@BuzzEdition) April 15, 2020
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“There was no consideration for how many billions of dollars in quarterly profits they had recently posted. No limit on how many millions of dollars they pay their CEOs” says Accountable.US who also added that “the result: industries that should have been better positioned than most Americans to absorb an economic downturn are lining up for taxpayer assistance.”
I'm not an economist, but I don't buy the framing that (say) airline bailouts are required because airlines are important to the economy. No planes or airports were destroyed. Pilots still know how to fly. We'll still have airlines. This is entirely about protecting shareholders.
— matt blaze (@mattblaze) April 15, 2020
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Trump has a long history of only doing things that are good for Trump. Why would he be any different during a global pandemic?
Of Course -It's ALWAYS A Quid Pro Quo https://t.co/10wezxDLN9 via @Salon
— Allan Margolin (@AllanMargolin) April 15, 2020
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Your tax dollars are now flying the friendly skies.
And this is what my taxes are going to pay for. And yours too. You should be WHITE HOT PISSED OFF.
— Frank Taney (@scarylawyer) April 15, 2020
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He is focusing on what is really important.
Can’t fill up Trump Hotels and Trump Golf Resorts without airlines flying people there.
— Pallas Tweet (@PallasTweet) April 15, 2020
