He isn't a co-worker. He's a billionaire that can fund entire campaigns. It is a lot more like if my co-worker was really my boss, and he really cares about my political leanings during a performance review.. Thus I also care about his.

"Metastable deexcitation spectroscopy (MDS) and thermal desorption spectroscopy (TDS)"

I really don't know what you are talking about.