Trump has categorized American companies into three tiers, and those who don't pay money or aren't obedient can expect to be investigated.
The assistant of the US President Trump has drafted a loyalty list covering 553 enterprises and industry associations.
This list uses whether the companies actively support and cooperate with the "Big Beautiful" Act as the core indicator, categorizing them into three levels: highly cooperative, moderately cooperative, and lowly cooperative.
The evaluation criteria include whether they have posted related social media posts, press releases, advertisements, whether they have sent representatives to attend White House events, and whether they have organized internal corporate propaganda.
This grading system essentially means that Trump has divided companies into different tiers based on their loyalty to him.
Previously, interactions between the US government and enterprises often remained at the level of lobbying and interest exchange. However, now the White House directly quantifies loyalty, linking public alignment with resource acquisition.
The more obedient a company is, the more likely it is to obtain contracts, tax cuts, or policy advantages; those who are indifferent or negative may be labeled as lowly cooperative, potentially suffering in regulatory, approval, and industry negotiations in the future.
In short, Trump has turned an unwritten rule into a written one. Enterprises either actively express their positions or wait to be marginalized.
This also means that companies that do not pay money or are not honest may become the focus of attention for Trump's team.
Investigations, restrictions, and marginalization are not without precedent. In this environment, any non-cooperative enterprise should be mentally prepared.
From a more macro perspective, this list is not just a scorecard, but an extension of Trump's governance logic — centering on loyalty, using political loyalty as a threshold to convert into economic resources.
It strengthens the binding relationship between American politics and business, while also intensifying social polarization.
In this atmosphere, enterprises are no longer just market entities, but tools for political alignment.
Through this list, Trump actually sends a signal to the entire business world: who is one of us, and who is an outsider, depends on your performance.
Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1840593736898569/
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