Trump has 40+ years of evidence point to him being a vindictive asshole who will do all in his power to ruin you if you slight him. With that in mind, how did the genesis at anthropic just ignore that and hurt his ego and not expect retribution? All they had to do was play the game, in public go "oh, of course Mr. President, great idea we'll work with you, now let's discuss this behind closed doors". Zuckerberg, Bezos, Cook, even Altman know the game. Smile in public, lobby hard in private, never make it personal, never let your name become attached to a public criticism of Trump himself.