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Trump Strategic and Policy Forum, Which Included IBM and GM CEOs, Disbands

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Re: Trump Strategic and Policy Forum, Which Included IBM and GM CEOs, Disbands

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Post by Analemma_ »

jldugger wrote: post #2

Not exactly a vote of confidence in the administration's priorities in renegotiating NAFTA, which started like an hour ago.

It was already clear that nothing of substance is going to come out of the NAFTA talks, both because nobody in business or agriculture wants it (http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/15/trump-win-nafta-tal...) and because nobody is impressed by Trump anymore: just like the rest of the world, Canada and Mexico have figured out that he's all bluster and folds like a cheap tent as soon as you say "No".

Re: Trump Strategic and Policy Forum, Which Included IBM and GM CEOs, Disbands

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Post by corporateslave3 »

The weird part is they arent doing it for political reasons, this is to protect the image of their corporation. But we havent been told that. There is so much obfuscation of the truth in politics, I am constantly amazed and dismayed at the same time.

Re: Trump Strategic and Policy Forum, Which Included IBM and GM CEOs, Disbands

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Post by gremlinsinc »

corporateslave3 wrote: post #12

The weird part is they arent doing it for political reasons, this is to protect the image of their corporation. But we havent been told that. There is so much obfuscation of the truth in politics, I am constantly amazed and dismayed at the same time.

Pretty sure that's part of it, but I'm also sure most of these people/ceo's are definitely not closet Nazi's and they definitely don't want another Hitler to rise in America as that would definitely be bad for business...

Re: Trump Strategic and Policy Forum, Which Included IBM and GM CEOs, Disbands

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Post by gremlinsinc »

Analemma_ wrote: post #11
jldugger wrote: post #2

Not exactly a vote of confidence in the administration's priorities in renegotiating NAFTA, which started like an hour ago.

It was already clear that nothing of substance is going to come out of the NAFTA talks, both because nobody in business or agriculture wants it ( http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/15/trump-win-nafta-tal... ) and because nobody is impressed by Trump anymore: just like the rest of the world, Canada and Mexico have figured out that he's all bluster and folds like a cheap tent as soon as you say "No".

It was already clear that nothing of substance...was going to come out of this entire 4 year term... I think you meant to say..

Re: Trump Strategic and Policy Forum, Which Included IBM and GM CEOs, Disbands

#16

Post by egwynn »

zitterbewegung wrote: post #6
_1 wrote: post #3

Just yesterday: > "For every CEO that drops out of the Manufacturing Council, I have many to take their place. Grandstanders should not have gone on. JOBS!" https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/89747827044214374... How many had already quit and this was just to stop further embarrassing himself?

Twelve quit before it was disbanded. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Manufacturing_Council and sort by Membership status.

Might be worth noting that three of those twelve left because they left their jobs with their respective companies, and one in protest of a different matter in Juny. It looks like eight left in the past two days in protest of Charlottesville stuff.

Re: Trump Strategic and Policy Forum, Which Included IBM and GM CEOs, Disbands

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Post by ep103 »

gremlinsinc wrote: post #15
Analemma_ wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It was already clear that nothing of substance is going to come out of the NAFTA talks, both because nobody in business or agriculture wants it ( http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/15/trump-win-nafta-tal... ) and because nobody is impressed by Trump anymore: just like the rest of the world, Canada and Mexico have figured out that he's all bluster and folds like a cheap tent as soon as you say "No".

It was already clear that nothing of substance...was going to come out of this entire 4 year term... I think you meant to say..

Only if we're lucky. Repealing obamacare without a replacement came within a single vote.

Re: Trump Strategic and Policy Forum, Which Included IBM and GM CEOs, Disbands

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Post by corporateslave3 »

gremlinsinc wrote: post #14
corporateslave3 wrote: post #12

The weird part is they arent doing it for political reasons, this is to protect the image of their corporation. But we havent been told that. There is so much obfuscation of the truth in politics, I am constantly amazed and dismayed at the same time.

Pretty sure that's part of it, but I'm also sure most of these people/ceo's are definitely not closet Nazi's and they definitely don't want another Hitler to rise in America as that would definitely be bad for business...

In what ways has Trump done anything similar to Hitler?

Re: Trump Strategic and Policy Forum, Which Included IBM and GM CEOs, Disbands

#19

Post by AnotXOR »

corporateslave3 wrote: post #12

The weird part is they arent doing it for political reasons, this is to protect the image of their corporation. But we havent been told that. There is so much obfuscation of the truth in politics, I am constantly amazed and dismayed at the same time.

We're at peak activism today and corporations are the primary targets. My guess is those CEO's were flooded by "concerned customers" who were probably as fake as so many twitter/facebook bots.

Re: Trump Strategic and Policy Forum, Which Included IBM and GM CEOs, Disbands

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Post by gregpardo »

corporateslave3 wrote: post #18
gremlinsinc wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pretty sure that's part of it, but I'm also sure most of these people/ceo's are definitely not closet Nazi's and they definitely don't want another Hitler to rise in America as that would definitely be bad for business...

In what ways has Trump done anything similar to Hitler?

Oh you didn't get the memo... He's LITERALLY the same. The media told me so.
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