they choose to bend the knee and give bribes in the hope that they can deflect his attention
They have been waiting for someone like this, for a regime like this, for more than 100 years, ever since the Progressive Era. They want to turn the clock back to the 19th century when there were no controls on corporate growth. When there were no labor regulations, no environmental restrictions.
The Golden Age for them was the age of the Robber Barons.
The corporations are propping up this government.