US President Donald Trump was once distrusted by the world’s most powerful CEOs because of the “instability” he would bring. Today, billionaires and tech giants are flocking to fawn over his return to the White House, eager to reap the rewards of his anti-worker agenda. Australian capitalists like Gina Rhinehart and Anthony Pratt have funded congratulatory ads in major American newspapers while the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, leads an unelected “department” that will smash through all limitations on capital investment in the US. This session will examine the motives of these sycophantic profiteers who are giving Trump their direct political backing as capitalism increasingly accommodates far-right authoritarianism around the world.