Two former Donald Trump staffers have come under fire for offering to sell protection from “tweet risk” — their term for what happens when the American president says bad things about your business to his 26.5 million Twitter followers.

“If he’s gonna come after you, there’s nothing we can do to stop it,” Barry Bennett, a former senior Trump advisor, told the New York Times. “But if you want to figure out how to win in this environment, we can help you.

“We’re your sherpa through turbulent times.”

They stop short of saying exactly what they could do to calm business turbulence.

Trump’s Twitter blasts have reportedly dramatically affected stock values for companies including Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Pfizer.

Bennett and Corey Lewandowski, Trump’s former campaign manager, now run Avenue Strategies in Washington, a block from the White House.

Their paid services include helping clients avoid damage from Trump twitter-storms.

That “service” brought a firestorm of ridicule and condemnation from commentators, some of whom compared the service to a protection racket.

The Times story notes that Avenue Strategies was opened on Dec. 21, just a day after Trump’s advisor Kellyanne Conway spoke out about Trump’s intention to clean up Washington and “drain the swamp.”

“Draining the swamp is not just about lobbying and politicians,” Conway said. “It’s also about consultants.”

Pulitzer Prize winning author Kurt Eichenwald clearly wasn’t impressed, tweeting: “So, is the American stock market now going to have financial risk, accounting risk, political risk and “Trump might tweet” risk?”

San Antonio digital trainer Fran DiCarlo saw this as a new twist on an old practice, tweeting: ““#tweetrisk aka crisis management! Agencies have been managing this for brands for years. Yes you are cashing in @CLewandowski”

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