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BREAKING: Trump to interview former Ford CEO Alan Mulally for secretary of state

GOP House Oversight and Government Reform chair Rep. Darryl Issa has questions for Ford CEO Alan Mulally about the White House Ford fiasco. In a new letter Mulally received today, Rep. Issa requests more information and notes that he is “deeply concerned about undue political pressure exerted by the White House on public companies. Issa asks Mulally the same question I asked White House press flack Dan Pfeiffer yesterday (and which Pfeiffer refused to answer): Did any White House officials — or any other current or former administration officials — contact any Ford officials/employees to discuss the anti-bailout ad? He...

“The President and Mr. Buffett discussed the overall outlook on the economy and the reaction to the headwinds we’ve experienced over the last couple of months," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said. "They talked a little bit about some possible measures that would spur investment and increase economic growth. And they also talked about some measures that could address the long-term fiscal situation in this country.” Obama also called Mulally, and they discussed the disruptions to the auto industry supply chain caused by the Japanese tsunami as well as ways to stimulate exports and investment. Ford was a major opponent...

I have been saying it via my tagline since Nov 3rd, 2008, IMHO Sarah's VP choice should be Alan Mulally CEO of Ford Motor Company.… He would be the penultimate out of the box choice for the following reasons:* He is the penultimate CEO in the nation if not the world.* IMHO he is the turn-around expert and would be the best choice to help downsize and streamline Government like he did at Ford to the tune of 40%.* Not a Gov’t Insider, has no “GS” career or pension to worry about * Would carry Michigan and possibly OH, IN,...

Our 2010 CEO of the Year Drives Success Mulally's achievements position Ford to thrive in a very hard industry. By David Whiston, CFA, CPA, CFE | 01-05-11 | 12:00 PM Alan Mulally of Ford Motor Company (F F) is the Morningstar 2010 CEO of the Year for good reason. Auto manufacturing is a tough industry in which few participants are able to garner long-term competitive advantages. It is a viciously cyclical business with high fixed costs and powerful unions to keep happy, and consumers have no reason to keep buying vehicles from the same manufacturer. As such, management prowess, or...

Alan Mulally embodies the definition of American Exceptionalism. He has the unique ability to inspire a pride in America and American Products like few others. His message is simple: we live in the greatest country in the world and we can, and will, be the best in the world at everything we do. His determined and optimistic leadership has saved two Great American Companies and now it is time to ask him to take on the largest challenge of all. He is a innovator, engineer, businessman, and most of all a LEADER. "Mulally is living proof that a single, extraordinary...

A year ago, when the heads of Detroit's Big Three - GM's Rick Wagoner, Ford's Alan Mulally, and Chrysler's Bob Nardelli - appeared in the infamous Capitol Hill bailout hearings, many lawmakers, and many Americans, decided that this trio from the industrial heartland could all be tarred with the bad-CEO brush. There was a telling moment, during a discussion about executive compensation, when the three CEOs were asked if they were willing to work for a dollar a year. Mulally's polite reply, "I think I'm OK where I am," was a juicy piece of red meat for the national media,...

Imagine a Google executive demanding a tax on software, or General Mills asking for a tax on wheat. That's where we now are in the U.S. auto industry, with Ford CEO Alan Mulally believing he has little choice but to seek a tax on the very fuel that powers his products. Mr. Mulally was a guest recently at this newspaper's ECO:nomics conference in Santa Barbara, where he outlined his efforts to revamp the struggling car maker. He said one problem is that America didn't have an "integrated energy policy." On the one hand, the government "regulated" smaller cars by "mandating...

It may have been nothing but a publicity stunt, but it didn’t come cheap for Ford Motor Company CEO Alan R. Mulally. After being embarrassed in front of a congressional committee for flying in a private jet to ask Congress for a bailout, Mulally revealed he would make the 525-mile trip from Detroit to Washington in a Ford Escape Hybrid – a trip totaling nine hours. Despite the perception that a private jet is some sort of lavish wasteful mode of transportation for the affluent – it makes more financial sense for the shareholders of Ford (NYSE:F), as CNBC’s Jeff...

DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Alan Mulally is no longer laughing about his suggestion that he saved President Bush's life during a recent White House visit. The No. 2 U.S. automaker has apologized after Mulally said his claim that he had intervened to prevent U.S. President George W. Bush from plugging an electrical cord into the hydrogen tank of an experimental Ford vehicle had been meant as a joke. On Wednesday, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said, "The story wasn't accurate, and I'll just decline to comment further." Ford said Mulally never expected the story he told...

If only turning around a car company were as easy as turning around a car - or an airline manufacturer. The new chief executive of the Ford Motor Co., in his most recent role, successfully guided aerospace giant Boeing through a wrenching downturn as the 9/11 terrorist attacks reduced demand for air travel. At Boeing, Alan Mulally gained experience dealing with union labor, a global supply chain, and building products that contain everything from sheet metal to complex electronics. Those are skills that Ford desperately needs. The No. 2 US automaker confronts declining market share, mounting losses, and a major...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co. (F.N: Quote, Profile, Research) is betting that new chief Alan Mulally can sell cars as well as he sells airplanes. On top of being a highly qualified engineer, the sandy-haired, boyish-looking Mulally, 61, is a consummate salesman with an easy rapport with customers. He has been credited with leading Boeing Co.'s (BA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) recent turnaround -- winning back ground it lost to European rival Airbus (EAD.PA: Quote, Profile, Research). He did it chiefly by building airplanes that customers want. "What you get in Mulally is a manager who understands the connection...

Ford Motor Co., in a surprise move, reached outside the auto industry to name senior Boeing Co. executive Alan Mulally as its new chief executive officer. Current CEO William Clay Ford Jr. will remain chairman of the auto maker. Mr. Mulally, 61 years old, a Boeing executive vice president who heads its important commercial airplanes division, will take the Ford president and CEO post immediately as the struggling auto maker prepares a vast restructuring of its unprofitable North American business. "Clearly, the challenges Boeing faced in recent years have many parallels to our own," Mr. Ford said in a...

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Ford Motor Co. Tuesday surprised the auto industry by tapping senior Boeing executive Alan Mulally as its new chief executive officer, succeeding current CEO Bill Ford, who will stay on as chairman. Mulally, 61, who heads Boeing's commercial airplane unit, will become president and CEO of Ford immediately as the struggling automaker gets set to unveil a huge overhaul of its North American auto operations. Mulally was most recently executive vice president at Boeing .