Former president tries to sell populist pledges to Wall Street titans at Business Roundtable event in Washington
Donald Trump told a gathering of top US CEOs on Thursday that he would slash taxes and regulations while pushing up tariffs, as he tried to win backing for his populist economic agenda from the country’s business leaders. Trump made the remarks at a Business Roundtable event in Washington, which was attended by about 100 corporate leaders, including Citigroup’s Jane Fraser, Apple’s Tim Cook, Bank of America’s Brian Moynihan and longtime JPMorgan Chase boss Jamie Dimon.
The Business Roundtable invites both presidential candidates to address its 200 chief executive members ahead of every US election. Among those who gave the event a miss were Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, BlackRock’s Larry Fink, Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman, who has already endorsed Trump, as well as Darren Woods of ExxonMobil and Bill Thomas of KPMG.
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