Trump�s CEO Buddies Stunned by Bizarre Meeting With Him
Donald Trump held a private meeting with major CEOs, promising to help
them if he retakes the White House. Instead, he left them shocked by his
incoherence.
Donald Trump speaking at a mic
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Trump met with at least 80 CEOs on Thursday to promise tax cuts and
scaled-back business regulations if he�s elected president. Among those
present were Apple CEO Tim Cook and the CEOs of JPMorgan Chase,
Citigroup, and Bank of America. Trump spoke for about an hour, during
which he rambled nonsensically, throwing off those in the room, according
to sources who shared details of the meeting with CNBC.

�I spoke to a number of CEOs who I would say walked into the meeting
being Trump supporter-ish, or thinking that they might be leaning that
direction,� said CNBC�s Ross Sorkin. �[CEOs] said that he was remarkably
meandering, could not keep a straight thought, was all over the map.�

Trump promised the CEOs to cut taxes and bring the federal corporate tax
rate down from 21 percent to 20 percent, a lackluster attempt to elicit
excitement from the suits. One attendee summarized Trump�s message as,
�We�re going to give you more of the same for the next four years,�
according to CNBC.

�These were people who, I think, might have been actually predisposed to
him,� said Sorkin. �And [they] actually walked out of the room less
predisposed to him, actually predisposed to thinking �This is not
necessarily�� as one person said, �this may not be any different or
better than a Biden thought, if you�re thinking that way.��

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.

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