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Technology executives are lining up to kiss the presidential ring and flash their corporate dollars at Donald Trump to get in his good graces.
SoftBank’s billionaire chief Masayoshi Son stood next to Trump at Mar-a-Lago yesterday so they could unveil the Japanese tech group’s plans to invest $100bn and create 100,000 jobs in the US. The two men are both known for their lofty pronouncements.
As the pair lavished praise — Trump’s love language — on one another from the podium, it was not clear how exactly Son will be able to fund this mega…