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If $8 MILLION ($44k from USAID) to Politico makes Elon furious, then he should be completely unhinged about this corruption, right? 1) Fisher Sand & Gravel (Border Wall Construction): Trump’s administration awarded them $2 BILLION in contracts after Trump personally pressured officials to choose Fisher—whose CEO is a Republican megadonor. 2) Lockheed Martin (Military Weapons): Paid $45 BILLION by the government in 2019 alone—then funneled $450,000 to elect 91 Republicans, many of whom denied the 2020 election results. 3) Boeing (Military Equipment): Pocketed $100 BILLION in federal contracts and spent $455,000 helping elect 68 Republicans who objected to Biden’s win—while dropping $13.4 MILLION lobbying for right-leaning policies. 4) Palantir (Defense & Intelligence Data): Landed a $1 BILLION government contract in 2022, then turned around and donated $1 MILLION to Trump’s “Make America Great Again, Inc.” Super PAC and sent another $340,000 to the RNC. 5) CoreCivic Inc. (Private Prisons): Received $450 MILLION in federal contracts—while directing 97.9% of its political contributions to Republicans, including direct donations to Trump’s fundraising committees. 6) The GEO Group (Private Prisons): ICE handed them $1 BILLION, and in return, GEO maxed out corporate PAC donations to Trump in 2024. They also spend $1.25 MILLION+ annually lobbying for strict immigration enforcement and private detention policies—Republican-backed priorities.