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No Fortune 100 CEOs Back Republican Donald Trump

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No Fortune 100 CEOs Back Republican Donald Trump


Sept. 23, 2016

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General Electric Co. Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt speaks at a news conference


No chief executive at the nation’s 100 largest companies had donated to Republican Donald Trump’s presidential campaign through August, a sharp reversal from 2012, when nearly a third of the CEOs of Fortune 100 companies supported GOP nominee Mitt Romney. During this year’s presidential primaries, 19 of the nation’s top CEOs gave to other Republican candidates, including former Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of campaign donations. Since then, most have stayed on the sidelines, with 89 of the 100 top CEOs not supporting either presidential nominee, and 11 backing Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. A total of 66 CEOs sat out the 2012 campaign, according to the Journal’s calculation.

Jeffrey Immelt, the CEO of General Electric Co., who gave to Sen. Lindsey Graham during the GOP primary, called Mr. Trump’s comments about Mexicans and Muslims “unacceptable” in an interview with Vanity Fair last month.Mr. Immelt, who hasn’t decided whom he is voting for, said in the interview of Mr. Trump’s rhetoric: “I can’t reconcile [it] with anything I believe in, or that I think the country stands for, or that the company stands for.”

Meg Whitman, the CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise who in 2012 donated $100,000 to a super PAC backing Mr. Romney, called Mr. Trump “reckless and uninformed” in a Facebook post last month. Calling for Republicans not to support him, she wrote, “Donald Trump’s demagoguery has undermined the fabric of our national character.” Ms. Whitman has said she plans to donate to Mrs. Clinton and has hit the campaign trail on her behalf.

Mrs. Clinton has received donations from twice as many Fortune 100 CEOs as President Barack Obama got in 2012. She collected $2,700 checks last month from Apple Inc.’s Tim Cook, American Airlines Group Inc.’s Doug Parker and Nike Inc.’s Mark Parker. Altogether, the 11 CEOs have donated more than $30,000 to Mrs. Clinton, according to Federal Election Commission records. Two of those CEOs, including Mr. Cook, have raised more than $100,000 from other contributors for Mrs. Clinton, according to her campaign. “We’re fortunate a growing number of business leaders recognize Hillary Clinton is the right candidate for the economy,” Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta said in a statement.
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Trump, who touts himself as a businessman extraordinaire, doesn't appeal to the CEO's of the 100 largest US corporations.

As Trump himself would say ... "You're fired"
 
Don't worry, his shills will just say this is because he is running against the "elites".
 
IMO, it says that the business elites fear Trump in the same way the permanent political class in Washington fear Trump. And what they fear is that he will have no reluctance to shake up the status quo that has enriched them all. There was no such fear of Mitt Romney.
 
Simpleχity;1066349076 said:
No Fortune 100 CEOs Back Republican Donald Trump




Trump, who touts himself as a businessman extraordinaire, doesn't appeal to the CEO's of the 100 largest US corporations.

As Trump himself would say ... "You're fired"
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Looks like Trump's business acumen exists only in his head, and recognized by his peers as just more bull****.
 
SouthernDemocrat said:
Don't worry, his shills will just say this is because he is running against the "elites".
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Why do YOU think the elites are supporting Hillary?

Both Hillary and Trump present themselves as the champion of the downtrodden.

Hillary is running on a policy prescription that has been in use for more than 50 years.

Seems to me like the downtrodden are still trodden down. Even 50 years of the wrong idea is not viewed as being wrong even when it has failed for 50 years. In other words, for almost two complete generations.

Trump is asking if it might be time to try a different strategy.

Well, isn't it?
 
AlbqOwl said:
IMO, it says that the business elites fear Trump in the same way the permanent political class in Washington fear Trump. And what they fear is that he will have no reluctance to shake up the status quo that has enriched them all. There was no such fear of Mitt Romney.
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Good observation!
 
Simpleχity;1066349076 said:
No Fortune 100 CEOs Back Republican Donald Trump




Trump, who touts himself as a businessman extraordinaire, doesn't appeal to the CEO's of the 100 largest US corporations.

As Trump himself would say ... "You're fired"
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That should surprise none. Corporate life is about bowing and fitting in. The people that climb that ladder usually despise people like Trump.
 
Simpleχity;1066349076 said:
No Fortune 100 CEOs Back Republican Donald Trump




Trump, who touts himself as a businessman extraordinaire, doesn't appeal to the CEO's of the 100 largest US corporations.

As Trump himself would say ... "You're fired"
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If things are going good for you, you'd chose the status quo.
If things are not so good, you're willing to experiment.

They choose the status quo, because things are going good for them.
 
code1211 said:
Why do YOU think the elites are supporting Hillary?

Both Hillary and Trump present themselves as the champion of the downtrodden.

Hillary is running on a policy prescription that has been in use for more than 50 years.

Seems to me like the downtrodden are still trodden down. Even 50 years of the wrong idea is not viewed as being wrong even when it has failed for 50 years. In other words, for almost two complete generations.

Trump is asking if it might be time to try a different strategy.

Well, isn't it?
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Because Trump is a moron with the intelligence and attention span of a 3 year old, that's why.

Business people recognize his bull**** ideas as being as worthless and woefully ignorant, lacking common sense and logic.

Stunning that Trumpettes have not yet figured out that the myriad of people against Trump are intelligent and correct.
 
AlbqOwl said:
IMO, it says that the business elites fear Trump in the same way the permanent political class in Washington fear Trump. And what they fear is that he will have no reluctance to shake up the status quo that has enriched them all. There was no such fear of Mitt Romney.
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Buisness leaders fear the Don for the same reason the majority of Americans fear him, he has too many character flaws, way too thin skinned, petty, and imature. Name calling is for grade school playgrounds, the man needs to grow up some.
 
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It's amusing how things have swapped around.
Used to be, we had Dems and libs talking about the super wealthy CEOs and income inequality.

Now they're using the same people they seemed to loath so much, as a defense for their candidate. :lol:
 
SouthernDemocrat said:
Don't worry, his shills will just say this is because he is running against the "elites".
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"Q: What do you think she is giving away in those meetings?

She doesn't want the people knowing about her relationships on Wall Street

She wants to achieve consistency and the best way to do that is to keep the people ignorant"
 
Harry Guerrilla said:
It's amusing how things have swapped around.
Used to be, we had Dems and libs talking about the super wealthy CEOs and income inequality.

Now they're using the same people they seemed to loath so much, as a defense for their candidate. :lol:
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Spin. Classic. Yet there are millions who can't/won't ever even recognize it.
It's baffling.


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yankintx said:
Buisbess leaders fear the Don for the same reason the majority of Americans fear him, he has too many character flaws, way too thin skinned, petty, and imature. Name calling is for grade school playgrounds, the man needs to grow up some.
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Surely no thinking person with his/her eyes wide open would attempt to make Hillary Clinton the superior candidate on an issue of character flaws. Or immature personal behavior for that matter. At least Trump is up front and honest with his indiscretions. You have to dig into what those who have been closest to Hillary Clinton say of hers. Cross Trump and he will eviscerate you on Twitter and that's the end of it. Cross Hillary, and retaliation can be severe. And she is unlikely to forgive and forget which Trump does easily.

So setting aside the issue of pettiness and who is the more thin skinned of the two, let's focus on what each will bring to the Presidency in the matter of intent, policy, leadership. With Hillary Clinton that is essentially clear and it is not pretty. With Trump, it is less certain, but we can be sure that his ego will want approval and an exemplary legacy and he will do everything in his ability and power to achieve that which mean good things for America. He'll make some mistakes but what President has not? I'll take my chances with Trump in this election as our best chance to break the status quo and start turning things around. I think we have no chance of that with Hillary.
 
SMTA said:
Because Trump is a moron with the intelligence and attention span of a 3 year old, that's why.

Business people recognize his bull**** ideas as being as worthless and woefully ignorant, lacking common sense and logic.

Stunning that Trumpettes have not yet figured out that the myriad of people against Trump are intelligent and correct.
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What you say is highly generalized and wrong.

Trump: Meet the Billionaires Supporting Donald Trump for President

Supporting a point by presenting a lie is not a great way to make your case.
 
Harry Guerrilla said:
It's amusing how things have swapped around.
Used to be, we had Dems and libs talking about the super wealthy CEOs and income inequality.

Now they're using the same people they seemed to loath so much, as a defense for their candidate. :lol:
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I think the idea is that Trump is running off the perception that he is an amazing business man so you should expect to see some really solid backing in the business community for him. Of course it can just be brushed off by saying it is a grand conspiracy of elitists or globalists or whatever, but he has no support from people in his own community. That seems a little weird.
 
MrPeanut said:
I think the idea is that Trump is running off the perception that he is an amazing business man so you should expect to see some really solid backing in the business community for him. Of course it can just be brushed off by saying it is a grand conspiracy of elitists or globalists or whatever, but he has no support from people in his own community. That seems a little weird.
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Why would businesses who get favors from donating to politicians, want a person, who does not want their donations?
So far that's what he is running on.

Businesses are highly self interested and are not bound by ideology.
 
SMTA said:
My, what a delusional and uninformed post.

Sad to see so many folks drinking Trump's brand of moron Kool Aid.
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YOU presented an unsupported statement that turned out to be overly broad and inaccurate.

I merely countered it with a supported and accurate, direct rebuttal that showed what you said was in fact untrue. If it was untrue and intended to deceive, then it was a lie by any definition.

That you chose to double down on your lie with a dismissive and again unsupported and overly broad statement is only demonstrative of your intention to deceive with both inaccuracy and now name calling.

What next? How far into the Pee Wee Herman bag of debating technique will your dig?

 
Simpleχity;1066349076 said:
No Fortune 100 CEOs Back Republican Donald Trump




Trump, who touts himself as a businessman extraordinaire, doesn't appeal to the CEO's of the 100 largest US corporations.

As Trump himself would say ... "You're fired"
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Immelt and GE got 16 billion in bailout money and a seat on some board. The ultimate gimme stuffer.
 
code1211 said:
YOU presented an unsupported statement that turned out to be overly broad and inaccurate.

I merely countered it with a supported and accurate, direct rebuttal that showed what you said was in fact untrue. If it was untrue and intended to deceive, then it was a lie by any definition.

That you chose to double down on your lie with a dismissive and again unsupported and overly broad statement is only demonstrative of your intention to deceive with both inaccuracy and now name calling.

What next? How far into the Pee Wee Herman bag of debating technique will your dig?

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The fact that 75 current and former diplomats appointed by GOP presidents, who refuse to vote for the imbecile, show the growing disgust with Trump's moronic presence. M

How continually enlightening.
 
Simpleχity;1066349076 said:
No Fortune 100 CEOs Back Republican Donald Trump




Trump, who touts himself as a businessman extraordinaire, doesn't appeal to the CEO's of the 100 largest US corporations.

As Trump himself would say ... "You're fired"
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How are they going to keep bribing politicians when the master briber cleans up the system?
 
Having a small experience with multi nationalism, I'll give you an example.

We needed to meet as much as possible the price of several aluminum extrusions that were coming from China because we were losing jobs. Our regular supplier came as close as he could, but not close enough. So from then on to remain competitive, we started buying the common "bread and butter" extrusions from China. Our domestic extruder - in our same town, BTW, folded due us pulling 75% of our business and buying Chinese.

This, in a nutshell is what multinational business is about.

The multinational businesses love it. They have the banking and protections of the US government, while they squeeze every domestic producer for every last nickel, and when that is gone they find it cheaper in China. As a multinational business, it doesn't matter where that profit is made, only that it is made.


The San Francisco Bay Bridge was built with Chinese materials and Chinese labor. Eating our lunch, much?
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/business/global/26bridge.html
 
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