Lou Paskalis, chief executive of marketing consultancy AJL Advisory and a former media executive at Bank of America, said some marketers are likely to reallocate spending back to X as “political leverage,” such as if they were seeking government contracts. He added companies would seek to get in the “good graces of Elon,” who has been given a wide remit by Trump as co-head of a new Department of Government Efficiency.
“It could be seen as an official channel for White House communications,” said another advertising agency chief, adding that Trump’s victory has lent Musk new legitimacy as well as power over brands in sectors that could face new regulatory curbs from Trump.
I for one am aghast that the corporate world is such cowards. It's almost like they don't operate on normal principals that a sane person would and rather only pursue the accumulation of capital above all mother concerns.