> Judging by political positioning, cook’s donation to trump’s inauguration didn’t sit well with the fanbase.

Objectively and ethically, it's reprehensible, but subjectively, we're now living in a blatantly pay-to-play world and everyone else is doing it, and there are clear, easily quantifiable gains of billions to be made from that bribe.

(The best part of all this was learning that inauguration bribes have been happening for decades, generally to little fanfare.)