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This Week in LOSING: CEOs won't clap for Trump--on HIS BIRTHDAY!!

CEOs who attended a meeting with Trump in Washington 6/13/2024 told reporters they found him uninformed and unfocused. Christina Wilkie and Brian Schwartz of CNBC noted that the attendees dislike the Biden administration’s enforcement of antitrust laws, its price caps on drugs and medical products, and its promise of progressive tax policy and like Trump’s promise to slash regulations and cut taxes, so they went into the meeting hoping to support him.

One CEO left the meeting with the takeaway that “Trump doesn’t know what he’s talking about,” and several, Andrew Ross Sorkin of CNBC reported, said that he “was remarkably meandering, could not keep a straight thought [and] was all over the map.” He could not explain how he planned to accomplish any of the policies he was proposing. When asked why he had chosen a policy of bringing the corporate tax rate down to 20% [from 21%], he allegedly answered: “Well, it’s a round number.”

Trump also excitedly detailed to the corporate juggernauts his promise to eliminate taxes on worker tips—a questionable offer he stole from a Republican nominee for Senate and which, darkly, provoked LAUGHTER from the room full of CEOs.

No one applauded Trump, attendees reported, in striking contrast to reports of the enthusiasm of Republican lawmakers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Llwh5moo4bU

BTW, discussing taxes on tips with CEO's is like selling bikinis to polar bears. Not exactly a deeply felt need.

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David (Dave) Jaspers's avatar

Yea, D-Day was a colossal failure...wait, what the actual fuck? Tell that to the few remaining heroes who were there to commemorate the 80th anniversary. Better yet, tell that to the thousands of Americans who didn't make it off that beach. Sit down, Lindsey.

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