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highplainsdem

(59,206 posts)
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 08:06 AM Nov 19

Will Bunch is thinking of heading to Lowe's for a pitchfork after seeing who was at Trump dinner for Saudi crown prince

Here's the full list of all the CEOs and Bill Ackman-types who were delighted to dine with two murderers, MBS (Khashoggi, etc.) and Trump (boats, USAID, etc.)

While you read this, I'm heading to Lowe's to see if they have any pitchforks left www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...

Will Bunch (@willbunch.bsky.social) 2025-11-19T12:42:11.061Z



Who was there, in the order the Times listed them:

Cristiano Ronaldo, the soccer star who's the highest-paid player in the Saudi Pro League

Gianni Infantino, head of FIFA

Elon Musk

Tim Cook

Michael Dell

Jensen Huang of Nvidia

Linda Su of AMD

David Ellison of Paramount

Mike Wirth of Chevron

Jane Fraser of Citi

Stephen A. Schwarzman of Blackstone

Brendan Bechtel

Mary Barra of GM

William Clay Ford Jr.

Donald Trump Jr., who claimed after Khashoggi was tortured and murdered that he'd been a terrorist sympathizer

Dina Powell McCormick, head of head of global client services at BDT & MSD Partners, a merchant bank and investment firm, and GOP Senator Dave McCormick


Of course no one is really going after pitchforks.

But the willingness of these guests to accept invitations to that dinner and do business with people they know are guilty of murder shows their lack of ethics.
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Will Bunch is thinking of heading to Lowe's for a pitchfork after seeing who was at Trump dinner for Saudi crown prince (Original Post) highplainsdem Nov 19 OP
I would argue that Trump is just as guilty of murder as MBS. Lonestarblue Nov 19 #1
Will Bunch makes it clear they're both murderers, and I agree. highplainsdem Nov 19 #3
OR..... trump HAS murdered US citizens and HAS gotten away with it! 70sEraVet Nov 19 #13
"Trump just hasn't yet figured out how to murder US citizens and get away with it." markodochartaigh Nov 19 #24
Well, There Was The Pandemic Deep State Witch Nov 19 #30
Over 500,000 Americans died because of T💩p's Covid BS OMGWTF Nov 19 #32
He "murdered" them by convincing them not to get vaccinated FakeNoose Nov 19 #45
And he got vaccinated not fooled Nov 19 #46
Chump plus every Repuke in the Senate and the House FakeNoose Nov 19 #48
I believe the removal of CDC personnel in China, early on in the grifter's first "term", yellow dahlia Nov 19 #51
ANOTHER difference is that trump is gaining vapor2 Nov 19 #27
Thousands of America's died and suffered Delmette2.0 Nov 19 #29
Was that a dinner guest list, or the Epstein files? maxrandb Nov 19 #2
"But the willingness of these guests to accept invitations to that dinner...shows their lack of ethics." OldBaldy1701E Nov 19 #4
I wonder how many of them... 2naSalit Nov 19 #23
That was my thought as well! OldBaldy1701E Nov 19 #43
Right? 2naSalit Nov 19 #49
It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners. Albert Camus Ping Tung Nov 19 #5
pigs at the trough pimpbot Nov 19 #6
Trmp has been murdering people in boats.... spanone Nov 19 #7
Was this at the White House? KS Toronado Nov 19 #8
Does Lowe's sell any of these? surfered Nov 19 #9
But they sell wood chippers. Blue Full Moon Nov 19 #15
Question is, do they sell freeze spray in large quantities? meow2u3 Nov 19 #33
Charter members of the private White House Ballroom Executive Perks Club- Private rooms available with masseuse services NBachers Nov 19 #10
masseuse services/DC Girl Scouts Troop headquarters rubbersole Nov 19 #18
A Satanic-version Dear_Prudence Nov 19 #11
"You don't have to embarrass our guest by asking a question?" WTF? Joinfortmill Nov 19 #12
FIFA owned by EA, Electronic Art. Blue Full Moon Nov 19 #14
Does anyone know where the entire list is not behind a paywall? That list is fewer names than people we can see JT45242 Nov 19 #16
At the link at the end of the article Farmer-Rick Nov 19 #20
I hit a pay wall.with the link JT45242 Nov 19 #40
Pa Senator Dave McComick is a rotten person. Literally stands bronxiteforever Nov 19 #17
Well more crap I will never buy or watch again knowingly Farmer-Rick Nov 19 #19
The problem is that evolves Nov 19 #21
True that, but we can always cut back. Wednesdays Nov 19 #36
I do almost all of that. evolves Nov 19 #39
Money over murder, all of them. BradBo Nov 19 #22
Fascist traitors. nt Hotler Nov 19 #25
In the photo, the East Room looks to be of sufficient size for formal dinners. There is no need for a ballroom. John1956PA Nov 19 #26
Anyone notice in every photo vapor2 Nov 19 #28
The contrast of how he treats someone like Zelensky compared to MBS is disgusting. walkingman Nov 19 #31
Remember the "Patriots" who 3825-87867 Nov 19 #35
You are 100% correct. I do think a lot of it is generational but not always walkingman Nov 19 #41
Lots of calls for boycotts...except... 3825-87867 Nov 19 #34
How many of those d-bags are in the Epstein files, I wonder? Ocelot II Nov 19 #37
Mike Wirth of Chevron Botany Nov 19 #38
A Congress of Oligarchs Mblaze Nov 19 #42
The reference to pitchforks and torches ... FakeNoose Nov 19 #44
Shows their Greed for Money & Power Above Cha Nov 19 #47
Companies I will go out of my way to boycott kimbutgar Nov 19 #50
... róisín_dubh Nov 19 #52

Lonestarblue

(13,147 posts)
1. I would argue that Trump is just as guilty of murder as MBS.
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 08:36 AM
Nov 19

Trump has ordered the murder of Venezuelans by blasting them to smithereens, just as MBS ordered Khashoggi’s murder. The only difference between them is that MBS murdered one of his own citizens while Trump is murdering citizens of another country. Trump just hasn’t yet figured out how to murder US citizens and get away with it.

70sEraVet

(5,170 posts)
13. OR..... trump HAS murdered US citizens and HAS gotten away with it!
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 09:22 AM
Nov 19

That woman who claimed trump brutally raped her when she was 13, SHE certainly believed that he was capable of committing murder. So do I.

markodochartaigh

(4,737 posts)
24. "Trump just hasn't yet figured out how to murder US citizens and get away with it."
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 10:15 AM
Nov 19

Well, Trump ramped up federal executions, breaking a moratorium on federal executions, during the run up to the 2020 elections in order to gin up support among his base. In my opinion this is the presidential equivalent of shooting someone on 5th Avenue.

Deep State Witch

(12,490 posts)
30. Well, There Was The Pandemic
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 10:41 AM
Nov 19

While he didn't outright murder people, he did cause a lot of deaths from downplaying COVID, promoting snake oil cures like ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine, and telling people that they didn't have to mask.

FakeNoose

(39,734 posts)
45. He "murdered" them by convincing them not to get vaccinated
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 02:33 PM
Nov 19

WTF!!! They proved their stupid loyalty to Chump right to their own deaths.

Meanwhile all the intelligent Americans (including most of the D voters) got vaccinated as soon as the vaccine became available.

not fooled

(6,553 posts)
46. And he got vaccinated
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 03:18 PM
Nov 19

I'm sorry all of those people died unnecessarily but really, when the same guy who got vaccinated himself ASAP turns around and tells them to skip vaccines, and they do as he says but not how he does, how dumb are these people?

FakeNoose

(39,734 posts)
48. Chump plus every Repuke in the Senate and the House
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 04:38 PM
Nov 19

They all got their shots FIRST before anyone else.

I remember someone complaining that AOC got vaccinated in early 2021... well they ALL did, it wasn't just her.
They didn't have to wait in line either.

Delmette2.0

(4,458 posts)
29. Thousands of America's died and suffered
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 10:36 AM
Nov 19

from his handling of COVID 19. He had to make money for himself with the stockpiled hospital supplies and equipment. And he probably had investments with the fake cures.

OldBaldy1701E

(9,710 posts)
4. "But the willingness of these guests to accept invitations to that dinner...shows their lack of ethics."
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 08:48 AM
Nov 19

You say this like they had not already shown us this fact.

They have... many times over.

pimpbot

(1,153 posts)
6. pigs at the trough
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 08:57 AM
Nov 19

All they care about is money. Money money money money. They also know the way to get more money right now is to bribe and grift the crime syndicate we have running this country.

So just remember this, the next time one of these assholes or their companies talks about DEI, environmental justice, or some other feel good topic. They really don't care and its just lip service.

NBachers

(19,091 posts)
10. Charter members of the private White House Ballroom Executive Perks Club- Private rooms available with masseuse services
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 09:18 AM
Nov 19

JT45242

(3,775 posts)
16. Does anyone know where the entire list is not behind a paywall? That list is fewer names than people we can see
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 09:24 AM
Nov 19

I'm curious how many other lesser known vulture capitalists, etc. were there and who they are.

Not sure if the vulture capitalist company that bought out the company that I work for is big enough potatoes to pay to play for an event like this.

Farmer-Rick

(12,339 posts)
20. At the link at the end of the article
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 09:45 AM
Nov 19

They say they have the full White House list of guests.

bronxiteforever

(11,001 posts)
17. Pa Senator Dave McComick is a rotten person. Literally stands
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 09:26 AM
Nov 19

for nothing but himself. The perfect Republican.

Farmer-Rick

(12,339 posts)
19. Well more crap I will never buy or watch again knowingly
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 09:37 AM
Nov 19

Ford and GM were sucking up, the head of international soccer’s governing body is kissing the ring, monopoly CEO of Paramount and CBS is pressing the hands of murderers, the head of Apple of course is acting like a giddy school boy. Not to mention Chevron in all its monopolistic corruption.

All thing I will do my best to avoid in the future.

evolves

(5,702 posts)
21. The problem is that
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 09:54 AM
Nov 19

it is almost impossible to live and function in today’s society without supporting these murderers. You can’t own a cell phone without patronizing one of them. It is difficult to own a car or to fuel it without patronizing one of them. It is almost impossible to own a computer, through which we all interface with the world, without patronizing them.

I would happily boycott, but it is almost impossible to boycott all of these quislings and be able to live in the world today.

Wednesdays

(21,484 posts)
36. True that, but we can always cut back.
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 10:59 AM
Nov 19

Bike a little more, and drive a little less. Preserve your phones a little more, and extend their lives so you don't have to buy them as often. Stay off of Facebook and X. Shop locally and avoid the mega-corporations, especially Amazon.

Even a few dollars add up to big sums if we all work together at it.

evolves

(5,702 posts)
39. I do almost all of that.
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 11:03 AM
Nov 19

I know that every little bit helps, but I feel complicit if I give any of them just a little patronage. It's a moral dilemma for me. I'm so hard-core that I've boycotted Exxon since the Valdez!

John1956PA

(4,652 posts)
26. In the photo, the East Room looks to be of sufficient size for formal dinners. There is no need for a ballroom.
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 10:24 AM
Nov 19

vapor2

(3,527 posts)
28. Anyone notice in every photo
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 10:27 AM
Nov 19

how MBS was constantly fidgeting with his hands.? Was so noticeable

3825-87867

(1,753 posts)
35. Remember the "Patriots" who
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 10:59 AM
Nov 19

wanted Jane Fonda's head in the 70s?
They might be the parents of magats today!
Or republicans

walkingman

(10,196 posts)
41. You are 100% correct. I do think a lot of it is generational but not always
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 11:16 AM
Nov 19

It depends on if someone's life experiences. I think one of the best lessons to learn in life is that "everyone is just another version of you".

3825-87867

(1,753 posts)
34. Lots of calls for boycotts...except...
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 10:54 AM
Nov 19

know what you never see as a possible boycott?
IPhoneys and Apple products.

I know a number of Apple owners who have literally shit their pants over Walmart and other corporations caving to trump. But they never once wanted mentioned to boycott their Iphoneys even though Apple screws it's customers with a new phone you MUST get every couple years for insane prices (though not at the maximum fee! Hah!)
Selective boycotting for thee but not for...Tim's products?
Evidently the word hytpocrite is not just for magats.

FakeNoose

(39,734 posts)
44. The reference to pitchforks and torches ...
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 02:24 PM
Nov 19

You have to see an old movie like the original "Frankenstein" or "Dracula" from the 1930s to understand ....

This happens when the villagers get riled up and take to the streets:



Cha

(316,090 posts)
47. Shows their Greed for Money & Power Above
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 03:35 PM
Nov 19

any GD Decency to Reject the Cruel and Inhumane Saudis and Traitor to the USA :

TY & Will Buch.

kimbutgar

(26,557 posts)
50. Companies I will go out of my way to boycott
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 08:01 PM
Nov 19

Add to Target and Home depot as last resort if I need to buy something.

róisín_dubh

(12,200 posts)
52. ...
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 11:21 PM
Nov 19

Fuck Ronaldo and Infantino. Were it not for Scotland (and hopefully Ireland) making the World Cup, I wouldn’t watch a second next year. I’ll just schedule shifts at the pub when Scotland is playing.
I’m getting rid of my iPhone as soon as the contract expires. Cameras on them are shit compared to the Pixel and Galaxy anyway.
My MacBooks will just have to outlast Tim Cook. Because fuck him too

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