'It’s Misguided to Say That #CEOS Are Warming to #Trump. Here’s Why'
“…even after the collapse of Trump’s #business advisory councils in Aug 2017, triggered by the exits of #Merck’s Kenneth C. Frazier, #Disney’s Bob Iger, & #Unilever’s Paul Polman, among others horrified by Trump’s kind words to the #WhiteNationalists at a #Charlottesville rally.
"Donald Trump continues to pose as a hero of the working class who will fight for average working people. He is not, of course. He is a stooge of the moneyed interests."
"Which makes it doubly important for Biden to channel FDR a week from tonight and speak the truth — that only once before, 88 years ago, have the moneyed interests been so united against one candidate as they stand today against Joe Biden.
They hate Biden — and Biden should welcome their hatred."
"Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that business executives and shareholder representatives should 'be 100% behind' him or face termination.
'Business Executives and Shareholder Representatives should be 100% behind Donald Trump! Anybody that’s not should be FIRED for incompetence!,' the former president wrote in a post on his social media website, Truth Social."
"The Business Roundtable is an association of more than 200 CEOs of America’s biggest corporations, their most powerful voice in Washington.
Last Wednesday, its chair, Joshua Bolten, told reporters that his group planned to drop 'eight figures' while 'putting its full weight behind protecting and strengthening tax reform.'"
"Translated: It’s going to pour money into Trump’s campaign to ensure that Trump’s 2017 tax cuts — most of which benefit big corporations and the rich — don’t expire in 2025, as scheduled.
On Thursday, Trump met at the Business Roundtable’s Washington headquarters with over 80 CEOs, including Apple’s Tim Cook, JPMorgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon, and Walmart’s Doug McMillon."
Why does NYTimes relentlessly attack Biden? 👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼
#Trump told the approximately 80 #CEOs in attendance, including #Apple’s Tim Cook, #JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon, #Citigroup’s Jane Fraser & #BankOfAmerica’s Brian Moynihan, that he would cut the #CorporateTax rate, currently at 21%, to 20%, because “it’s a round number.”
#Xerox CEO Steven Bandrowczak, #Gap Inc. President Richard Dixon & #Truist CEO Bill Rogers were also spotted.
"We’re seeing this pattern across much of the economy — especially with groceries. ...
They can get away with overcharging you because they have monopoly power — or they have so few competitors that they can easily coordinate price increases with them and avoid price decreases."