Huh. So Ronald Lauder, the billionaire who owns Estee Lauder, is apparently the guy who convinced Trump that he should destroy NATO by invading Greenland.

Eleanor Saitta

Maybe don't buy shit from them? Here's a convenient list of their brands: https://www.elcompanies.com/en/our-brands

And sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Lauder
http://web.archive.org/web/20251107131250/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/14/us/politics/trump-greenland.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/15/ronald-lauder-billionaire-donor-donald-trump-ukraine-greenland

Lucy B

@dymaxion

And ofc (just in case some of your followers don’t know), his son-in-law Warsh is Trump’s nominee to chair the Fed.

Quinn Norton

@dymaxion I'm pretty sure without looking that I've been boycotting them since I was born

Dom

@dymaxion As a man, I'm good. I never used any of these brands and besides "Estee Lauder", never even heard of all the other ones!

Ron Dyck

@lucybeahere @dymaxion

Carney calls Trump’s U.S. Fed chair pick, Warsh, a ‘fantastic choice’
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/carney-calls-trumps-us-fed-chair-pick-warsh-a-fantastic-choice/

Lucy B

@dyckron @dymaxion

Gross. But not surprising. Most of what I’m seeing is blandly approving. Which is why Krugman’s piece is so important. (Yes, it’s Substack, sorry).

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-bad-heir-day-at-the-fed

usdemocracy.org

@dymaxion
There are many companies who supported Trump that we should not buy stuff from: Amazon, Apple, Meta, McDonalds and many more. A worldwide boycott like that being done in Canada would serve notice to those oligarchs that their support of that damn devil comes with a cost.

The Flight Attendant

@dymaxion Disappointed to see Tom Ford, Jo Malone, and Aveda are Estee Lauder brands! I had no idea and will discontinue buying these brands!

gunstick

@dymaxion are these bransds all bullshit stuff for billionaires? I have never heard of any of these.

Eleanor Saitta

@gunstick
No. MAC, for instance, is one of the best known makeup brands in the world.

Katie Sylor-Miller

@dymaxion ah crap, that’s a lot of brands I buy from. Billionaires ruin everything

Richard K :blobcatverified:

@dymaxion phew! Their companies don't seem to stray beyond toiletries.

Fucking bitch Martin Vermeer

@ksylor @dymaxion Might be easier if someone makes a list of brands _not_ associated with empire building, genocide, concentration camps, ethnic cleansing, pedophilia, ...

Szymon Sokół 🇵🇱🇪🇺🇺🇦

@dymaxion if you're in Europe and need an alternative for Lauder's cosmetics, Lush is British and quite ethical for a corporation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lush_(company)#Ingredients_and_ethics

Marianne

@dymaxion @gunstick don't EL have loads of 'fragrances' too?
Quite a lot of people buy perfume. I don't but, it's in every department store.