Stephanie Ruhle Shocks With Positive Trump CEOs Take

"There are CEOs that would say to you, I'll take it. And here's why. And I'm not defending it, but I can tell you that I talk to them. So there are definitely CEOs that feel like, in the Biden administration, there was no one to talk to. They would say, there is no one to call, there wasn't a person."

"Ruhle argued CEOs either live in fear of Trump and any lawsuits he'd bring, or they embrace that he is completely transactional when it comes to tariffs and more. She surprised Wagner when she said she hears from CEOs that they prefer to the current administration to Biden's, where Ruhle said former Federal Trade Commission head Lina Kahn was treated like public enemy number one."

Stephanie Ruhle discussed with Alex Wagner how corporate executives favor the Trump administration's transactional approach compared to Biden's regulatory environment. While Wagner expressed concern that CEOs haven't pushed back against administration actions like restricting Pentagon contracts with companies dealing with Anthropic, Ruhle explained that many CEOs either fear Trump's legal threats or appreciate his willingness to negotiate directly on tariffs and policy. Ruhle noted that under Biden, with FTC head Lina Kahn taking aggressive regulatory positions, CEOs felt they had no one to contact. Despite the administration's involvement in corporate matters, some CEOs reportedly prefer the current direct access and negotiation opportunities over the previous administration's regulatory approach.

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