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Donald Trump just got the endorsement of billionaire Wall Streeter Carl Icahn
businessinsider.com ^ | Julia La Roche

Posted on 09/28/2015 6:23:45 AM PDT by RoosterRedux

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn told Bloomberg News that he's endorsing Donald Trump because he's the sort of leader the US needs at this time.

"I disagree on certain points I don’t want to get into, I’m sure those can be worked out, but the basic thing is, you need somebody that can get things going in Congress, and I think he can do it. You need somebody that understands business, and I think he understands it," Icahn told Bloomberg.

Shortly after Trump launched his campaign, the candidate appeared on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." On the show, the billionaire real-estate magnate said that he knows "the smartest guys on Wall Street" and the "best negotiators."

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; carlicahn; election2016; endorsestrump; icahn; morningjoe; msnbc; newyork; treasurysecretary; trump; trump2016
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To: RoosterRedux

I thought Icahn had accepted Trump’s offer to be Treasury secretary back in August.


41 posted on 09/28/2015 7:42:28 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: cripplecreek

Statements as stupidly irrational as that one are a window into the twisted thinking of Trump haters.


42 posted on 09/28/2015 7:43:56 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught pllwith pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: DannyTN

Trump said he would like someone like Icahn in Treasury and Icahn jokingly said no at first (said he didn’t get up early enough) and then jokingly accepted after the first debate IIRC.


43 posted on 09/28/2015 7:50:08 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Trump: As long as you are going to be thinking anyway, think big.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Thanks, I kind of wondered if that was real. Icahn is 79.


44 posted on 09/28/2015 7:54:19 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: RoosterRedux
Icahn does not have the most savory background in the national and international world of business, plus he's almost 80 years old.

He's a hedge fund manager himself.

Read his Wiki or other bio site for yourself. I'm a Trump supporter, but he can do better than to align himself so closely with the likes of Icahn.

Leni

45 posted on 09/28/2015 8:08:02 AM PDT by MinuteGal
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To: Psalm 144
Looks like a full-blown turnaround artist may be coming to town. Great!! From personal experience, I'll say the first thing they do is MASS FIRINGS, exactly what's needed. I don't care about touchy-feeely "relating to" Trump, I care about what he'll do.
46 posted on 09/28/2015 9:32:20 AM PDT by libstripper
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To: RoosterRedux

“Shortly after Trump launched his campaign, the candidate appeared on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”

Another poke in the eye of Fox News.


47 posted on 09/28/2015 9:51:33 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: SeekAndFind

It doesn’t necessarily follow that Icahn supported him for the Presidency more than someone else.


48 posted on 09/28/2015 9:59:55 AM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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