\u201cThis is a coin-operated president,\u201d he told The Daily Beast Podcast host Hugh Dougherty<\/a>. \u201cAnd these individuals have decided that their one and only job is shareholder value. And I empathize with that, I get it. There\u2019s a ton of pressure; nobody wants to go first. But there needs to be collective action from 10, 50, a hundred, or the Fortune 500 to say, \u2018This has just gone too far.\u2019 But what is it about? It\u2019s about one thing. It\u2019s about shareholder value\u2014full stop.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cThey are saying, \u2018Let\u2019s wait this guy out, let\u2019s kiss his a–, let\u2019s give a million dollars to the East Wing, let\u2019s go to the premiere, and let\u2019s stay out of his crosshairs and make sure the good times keep going for us and our shareholders,\u201d Galloway added, referencing tech companies\u2019 donations<\/a> to Trump\u2019s $400 million White House ballroom and bigwig CEOs\u2019 attendance at the premiere of first lady Melania Trump\u2019s Amazon-funded documentary.<\/p>\n Galloway\u2019s Resist and Unsubscribe campaign also urges consumers to cut ties with service providers that have contracts with ICE<\/a>, such as AT&T, FedEx, and Comcast.<\/p>\n \u201cThese companies are highly sensitive to growth rates and projected growth rates,\u201d he said. \u201cThe easiest way to maybe save some money and have a really big impact and send a message to the markets, to Trump, and to other citizens that they can have an impact is to resist and unsubscribe.\u201d<\/p>\n Galloway said there\u2019s precedent for his campaign. Last year, cancellations of Disney+ and Hulu subscriptions doubled after comedian Jimmy Kimmel got his eponymous late-night show suspended<\/a> over his comments on the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Kimmel returned<\/a> to the airwaves less than a week later as viewers fiercely protested the move. Disney explained that it briefly suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! \u201cto avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSo I think if you can just take GDP down one or two points, or if Sam Altman or Andy Jassy or Tim Cook says, \u2018This unsubscribe thing is getting a little bit uncomfortable for us and our shareholders,\u2019 I think they\u2019re going to find their backbone and maybe not show up for as many Melania premieres or decide that maybe we shouldn\u2019t be as supportive of ICE as we have been, or maybe we\u2019re gonna be a little bit more courageous with our views,\u201d Galloway said.<\/p>\n \u201cI think you have to hit them where they feel it. And that\u2019s in terms of shareholder value and a decline in subscriber growth,\u201d he added. \u201cSo what do I want from them? I want them to show some fidelity to the American values that made them so wealthy and built such great companies.\u201d<\/p>\n The White House said in a statement that \u201cindustry leaders frequently reach out to the President because they know they have a pro-business and pro-growth ally in the White House, and the Trump administration will continue to unleash robust private sector-led economic growth for the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAmericans overwhelmingly rejected cancel culture when they re-elected President Trump with an Election Day mandate,\u201d White House spokesperson Kush Desai said.<\/p>\n New episodes of The Daily Beast Podcast are released every Monday, Wednesday and Sunday on YouTube<\/a>. 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Tech leaders Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai, and Elon Musk were at President Donald Trump’s second inauguration. Julia Demaree Nikhinson\/Getty Images <\/p>\n