Posted on 10/28/2019 8:51:54 AM PDT by NohSpinZone
Kristalina Georgieva, the new managing director of the International Monetary Fund, applauded the Trump administration's "bravery to use a tax reform to spur more growth" in an exclusive interview with "Axios on HBO."
Why it matters: Georgieva vowed that she would be able to persuade the U.S. to commit more money to the fund during the course of her five-year term. "I will get my quota increase," she said in the face of reported U.S. opposition and a U.S. veto over any changes.
Georgieva comes to the IMF from the World Bank, where she was CEO and where she was a key part of the team that received a major capital increase from the U.S. The main Trump administration official in charge of those negotiations was David Malpass, who was then at Treasury and who now runs the World Bank. Georgieva describes him as a friend.
(Excerpt) Read more at axios.com ...
Does the US make any money from this “Banking”?
It's always "I" with socialists.
This could be a big-time suck-up exercise to get more US money into this fund but whatever,...
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Good post. I think more folks are recognizing its not wise to gratuitously insult and attack Donald Trump. Still, I strongly suspect that sweet talk will not influence President Trump to make decisions that are not in Americas interests.
I think you read it right - pour on the praise and hold out the hand...
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