The Silence of the Billionaires

Trump's billionaire buddies go silent.  They bankrolled his campaigns, but now they don't have anything to say about his sedition.  Well, they were OK with his fascism, misogyny, racism and overall incompetence, so why speak up when he tries to mount a coup?  

They bankrolled Donald Trump. They applauded his tax cuts. They cheered as the stock market soared. Now, the sound coming from some of the president’s wealthiest donors is this: silence.

As chaos engulfs the White House and Democrats talk of impeachment, few of these billionaires have much to say about the president they showered with many millions in campaign contributions.

“I’m sorry, I am not available right now,” wrote venture capitalist Peter Thiel. No thank you, said Thomas Peterffy, who controls Interactive Brokers Group Inc. Richard LeFrak, the New York real estate magnate, said through a spokesman he’s not doing press at the moment.

Germany's business leaders and industrialists were fine with Hitler until they were put on trial after the war.