No Fortune 100 CEOs Back Republican Donald Trump

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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...

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.”

http://www.wsj.com/articles/no-fortune-100-ceos-back-republican-donald-trump-1474671842
 
[h=2]No Fortune 100 CEOs Back Republican Donald Trump?[/h]
Thats no surprise....Hillary is the ass kissing puppet of Wall Street.....

You sound like you think its a bad thing, but its exactly why he is the nominee....the populist nominee....
 
Democrats went from a socialist candidate to one who has the support of the top 100 CEO's. Quite the change.
 
NOVA said:
No Fortune 100 CEOs Back Republican Donald Trump?

Thats no surprise....Hillary is the ass kissing puppet of Wall Street.....

You sound like you think its a bad thing, but its exactly why he is the nominee....the populist nominee....
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Is that what you said about Rmoney back in 2012? From the article:

"In 2012, the top 100 CEOs donated a total of $142,000 to the Obama and Romney presidential campaigns. They also gave another $3.2 million to the candidates’ allied super PACs, which don’t cap contributions—much of which came from a single $3 million donation from Larry Ellison, then-CEO of Oracle Corp. , to the pro-Romney super PAC...

“Romney was indisputably respected for his business acumen and spent years developing relationships with the potential donor world,” said Charlie Spies, a top fundraiser for Mr. Romney’s campaign. “Trump not only didn’t build a network, but went out of his way to offend people for being part of the process.”
 
BLABO said:
No Fortune 100 CEOs Back Republican Donald Trump? Thats no surprise....Hillary is the ass kissing puppet of Wall Street.....You sound like you think its a bad thing, but its exactly why he is the nominee....the populist nominee....
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I thought the GOP was the party that was friendly to business. I guess not.

I notice that Blabo cannot defend his master without mentioning Illary.

Poor Blabo.
 
NOVA said:
[h=2]No Fortune 100 CEOs Back Republican Donald Trump?[/h]
Thats no surprise....Hillary is the ass kissing puppet of Wall Street.....

You sound like you think its a bad thing, but its exactly why he is the nominee....the populist nominee....
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They refuse to see this.
 
Racistguy said:
They refuse to see this.
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I see it. I detest the Illdebeast. She would sell her grandchild if it meant power.

But let's talk about the candidate who leads the supposedly business-friendly party.

That "populist" label won't work. He is taking big donor money even though he said he wouldn't.

Trump the tycoon has no support from his peers. Why?
 
Legion Troll said:
I see it. I detest the Illdebeast. She would sell her grandchild if it meant power.

But let's talk about the candidate who leads the supposedly business-friendly party.

That "populist" label won't work. He is taking big donor money even though he said he wouldn't.

Trump the tycoon has no support from his peers. Why?
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because Hillary is the side their butter is on........
 
Legion Troll said:
I see it. I detest the Illdebeast. She would sell her grandchild if it meant power.

But let's talk about the candidate who leads the supposedly business-friendly party.

That "populist" label won't work. He is taking big donor money even though he said he wouldn't.

Trump the tycoon has no support from his peers. Why?
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didnt the op saay that trump wasnt taking money from the biggest donors?
 
It said 89 of the top 100 CEO's have stayed on the sideline. Speaks to how bad both candidates are
 
Legion Troll said:
I see it. I detest the Illdebeast. She would sell her grandchild if it meant power.

But let's talk about the candidate who leads the supposedly business-friendly party.

That "populist" label won't work. He is taking big donor money even though he said he wouldn't.

Trump the tycoon has no support from his peers. Why?
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Trump is getting most of his donation from small donors not PACS -Clinton is the one doing $250k a plate fund raisers, with the Superpacs

Trump shatters GOP records with small donors

‘He’s the Republican Obama,’ one operative says as Trump monetizes his Republican supporters

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/...ecords-with-small-donors-228338#ixzz4LQObefwa
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christiefan915 said:
It said he wasn't getting donations from the biggest donors.
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I thought it said that none of the Fortune 100 CEOs are giving to Trump.

His biggest donors are soft-money PACs, and they're the donors he claimed he wouldn't take money from because they expect something in return.

https://www.opensecrets.org/pres16/contrib.php?&id=N00023864
 
christiefan915 said:
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...

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.”

http://www.wsj.com/articles/no-fortune-100-ceos-back-republican-donald-trump-1474671842
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they know he is fucking insane
 
anatta said:
Trump is getting most of his donation from small donors not PACS -Clinton is the one doing $250k a plate fund raisers, with the Superpacs
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You "forgot" to mention who some of these supposed "small" donors are, and the size of their "small" contributions.

After spending months scolding his rival for being beholden to financial backers, Donald Trump unveiled an economic advisory council and filled it with some of his biggest donors.

Of the 13 men — and they are all men — that Trump touted as economic advisers for their “unparalleled experience and success,” five are major donors whose families combined to give Trump’s campaign and his joint fundraising account with the Republican Party millions.

Among those Trump tapped for his economic advisory council is Steven Mnuchin, who, as Trump’s national finance director, is the point man for soliciting campaign cash across the nation. Mnuchin gave Trump $425,000.

Others "small" donors on Trump’s economic advisory team include:

— Stephen Feinberg, co-founder and CEO of Cerberus Capital Management, who contributed $339,400 to Trump Victory, the Republican’s nominee joint fundraising account with the national and state Republican parties. Feinberg's wife gave another $339,400.

— Andy Beal, a billionaire investor and poker player contributed $449,400, the largest legal sum that Trump Victory can receive from an individual. Beal also gave $100,000 last summer to a pro-Trump super PAC, the Make America Great Again PAC, which has since ceased its activities. Beal has also been publicly linked with another Trump super PAC, the Great America PAC.

— Tom Barrack, a longtime Trump friend, who gave more than $399,000 to Trump Victory. Barrack, who spoke at the Republican National Convention last month, spent more than $15,000 on in-kind contributions when he hosted Trump’s first big fundraiser in Southern California — including $4,872 on beverages.

— Howard Lorber, president and CEO of Vector Group, who contributed $100,000 to Trump Victory.

— John Paulson of Paulson & Co. was spotted entering a Trump fundraising dinner in Manhattan at which seats cost $50,000 per person.

Trump’s economic team leans heavily on Wall Street investors and hedge-fund managers, despite Trump's railing against them during his presidential campaign.

“The hedge fund guys didn't build this country. These are guys that shift paper around. And they get lucky," Trump said last year on CBS’ "Face the Nation." "Look, they're energetic. They're very smart. But a lot of them, it's, like, they're paper pushers. They make a fortune. They pay no tax. It's ridiculous, OK?"

Paulson, a hedge fund manager, is famous for his 2007 bet against the mortgage market.

Beal is an investor who bought distressed assets after the recent recession.

Mnuchin runs a hedge fund.




http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/trumps-economic-advisers-are-also-his-biggest-donors-226758#ixzz4LTLTXbTR
 
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