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Trump Ends Business Councils as CEOs Turn Against President
Bloomburg ^ | 08-16-2017 | By Zachary Tracer and Matthew Townsend

Posted on 08/16/2017 10:40:11 AM PDT by Red Badger

President reverses course after saying he’d replace quitters ‘I am ending both. Thank you all!’ Trump says on Twitter

(Excerpt) Read more at bloomberg.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: ceo; corporateamerica; snowflakes; trump45
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To: MrShoop
Yes, it's winning. Both of these groups were a PR stunt and a joke.
21 posted on 08/16/2017 10:48:35 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." -- President Trump, 6/1/2017)
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To: MrShoop

Not winning - this is a self inflicted wound.


They don’t call it the Surrender Party for nothing.


22 posted on 08/16/2017 10:48:36 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: Jan_Sobieski
Good! Trump will create huge numbers of jobs if he breaks up every government subsidized fascist company in America. Start with Amazon, Google, and Microsoft!

Yes. I am a supporter of free enterprise, not corrupt, crony-capitalism. It seems America's largest companies now all suck at the tit of progressive government - either by direct payments, or vast, competition-limiting regulations. EBT supports Wal-Marts grocery business. Merck get its largest profits from Medicaid/Medicare sales. We all know how Wall Street benefits from bailouts and nearly free money from the Federal Reserve.

23 posted on 08/16/2017 10:49:06 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: dfwgator

But free trade between the USA and foreign countries is not a Constitutional right.


24 posted on 08/16/2017 10:49:15 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: dfwgator

Then why did Trump create it?


25 posted on 08/16/2017 10:50:45 AM PDT by Wayne07
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To: Red Badger

Bilderberg chart
http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2016/06/04/bilderberg%20group_1.jpg


26 posted on 08/16/2017 10:51:00 AM PDT by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! Merry Christmas! In God We Trust!)
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To: Reno89519
The dirty little secret here is that a lot of those CEOs were pissed off at President Trump for supporting the proposed immigration bill that would dramatically cut the number of H1-B visas issued every year.

The Urban Armor guy even issued a public statement on June 2nd (one day after the quote in my tagline) criticizing President Trump for withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris climate accord.

27 posted on 08/16/2017 10:51:08 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." -- President Trump, 6/1/2017)
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To: MrShoop

Oh, really? How so? Because President Trump is the only person TELLING THE TRUTH?

So, by your warped measure, speaking truthfully about any situation is a “self-inflicted wound”

Well, aren’t you the wise one. You remind me of a Bible verse, which I’ll here paraphrase:

“In the end times, they will call good “evil,” and evil “good.”


28 posted on 08/16/2017 10:51:42 AM PDT by JME_FAN
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To: MrShoop
Then why did Trump create it?

Good question.

29 posted on 08/16/2017 10:52:15 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Red Badger

CEOs and others similarly situated have to much to lose to ever do anything that could even remotely be perceived as politically-incorrect. They are not a barometer of anything that will happen in the future.


30 posted on 08/16/2017 10:52:28 AM PDT by freedomjusticeruleoflaw (Western Civilization- whisper the words, and it will disappear. So let us talk now about rebirth.)
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To: CodeToad
Why are they quitting in the first place?

Virtue signaling. They are more worried about what others think of them than by doing what is best for the nation. Weak men. Trump doesn't need them around anyhow.

31 posted on 08/16/2017 10:52:43 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: CodeToad

It seems they find racism when white people take clubs to a protest but not when black people, mexicans and muzzies do the same thing.


32 posted on 08/16/2017 10:53:26 AM PDT by pfflier
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To: Jan_Sobieski

So Biz just lost its last chance to get goodies from gubment. Color me unconcerned.


33 posted on 08/16/2017 10:54:46 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: Red Badger

I don’t remember what their purpose was supposed to be, but Donald Trump has a lot of experience with knowing when to cut his losses.

So with no flowery words, the president has symbolically brushed the crumbs off his suit and will now move forward without them, continuing with his plans to MAGA.

Oh, well, their loss.


34 posted on 08/16/2017 10:54:47 AM PDT by Heart of Georgia (#DrainTheSwamp #HeFights)
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To: Red Badger

All the big companies got hijacked by Clinton and Obama. What we need now is to defund these liberal funding corrupt monopolies.

Shut them down, and favor SMALL businesses!


35 posted on 08/16/2017 10:55:24 AM PDT by Professional
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To: central_va

I completely agree.

America has lost track of it’s own businesses.

Walmart is completely foreign goods. K-mart is completely foreign goods. Target is completely foreign goods.

(with some limits)

Almost all of the computers in the entire world, are now made in China.

Tools are now, virtually all made in China.

Air conditioners, are now virtually all made in China.

America sold out. Big time. Trump needs to stand up for working Americans, once again.

Protect our borders, and bring back American jobs, making the things sold in our country.

Stand up. For America.


36 posted on 08/16/2017 10:55:28 AM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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To: All

Not winning and a terrible optic. This is all way more damage then the Russia BS. This is really hurting him. He spoke the truth and it’s killing him. Race is now the third rail of US politics. This is a big win for Soros and the Moores of the world. It was a set up, it worked and I don’t know if he gets out of this hole.


37 posted on 08/16/2017 10:56:00 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: LS

So Biz just lost its last chance to get goodies from gubment. Color me unconcerned.


Trump needs to now focus on small business and a middle class tax cut. Let the corportists fend for themselves.


38 posted on 08/16/2017 10:56:25 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: rktman

Really? I haven’t seen this in the real world.

Not one single Trump voter I know has changed his/her opinion. Not one. I speak to HUNDREDS of people around the state & country. Not one. I have heard of several Cankles supporters who have changed. Not thousands, but some.

Don’t know one person in the country concerned about the “business councils.” Know what they are concerned about? Falling unemployment numbers (they like that). Rising 401ks. They love that.

The stuff that makes Trump go has nothing to do with their obstruction & everything to do with ordinary people supporting him.


39 posted on 08/16/2017 10:56:53 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: LS

Me either. I’m just saying that the dementocrat/gopE/msm/elitests wet dream of preventing anything of importance being done may come to fruition. Just strengthens my resolve in DJT. Hoping we succeed despite their best attempts. If they are that cranked up, DJT must be doing something right.


40 posted on 08/16/2017 11:00:18 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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