The way Trump is using the lame-duck period to bully corporations with threats about his future policies is insidiously brilliant
And so they go whine to their congressmen about how much money they could lose if they have to do Y, promise some donations...
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But! here's the thing: X > Y doesn't mean that, once you have already started doing Y, it's profitable to do X.
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There are fixed costs, lots of contracts to sign, "pipelines". Once you start Y, Y may be forced even if bill fails
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And if other companies haven't done Y, and you're stuck in low-profit Y while competitors do X, you're actually in big trouble
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Exec is meh on Y, but he evaluates Y only cuz that's genuinely best choice IF the bill passes. So now he wants bill to pass!
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If Trump can terrify a sufficient number of companies that they decide doing Y later isn't enough, they need to start Y now,
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then the whole political calculus of corporations for his protectionist bills/against his protectionist bills shifts.
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