Stephanie Ruhle: CEOs Not Only Have an Open Line to Trump They Know How to Work Him

"Politics is business, Ruhle told Hall. Because at the end of the day, what are all of these politicians on both sides of the aisle controlled by? They're donors. Ruhle's perspective is shaped by a background few cable news hosts share. Before joining Bloomberg and later MS NOW, she spent more than a decade on Wall Street, working at Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank in structured credit."

"When Donald Trump won the first time, the unplanned benefit for me was that I knew [former National Economic Council Director] Gary Cohn. I knew [former Deputy National Security Advisor] Dina Powell. I knew [former Secretary of the Treasury] Steve Mnuchin, she explained. I knew Donald Trump, who had never worked in politics before. Those relationships and the broader overlap between business and government have only intensified in Trump's second term."

"In particular, Ruhle pointed to the administration's tariff policies as a case study in how corporate access can shape outcomes. Large corporations, she explained, were able to front-load shipments and leverage political relationships to mitigate the impact of tariffs, while smaller companies struggled to survive."

Stephanie Ruhle's Wall Street background informs her analysis of Washington politics, leading her to view political decisions primarily as business transactions. She argues that politicians across the aisle are controlled by donors, and that understanding Trump's administration requires examining boardroom dealings and private corporate communications rather than public speeches. Her decade-long experience at Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank in structured credit provides unique insight into how corporate relationships influence policy outcomes. Ruhle highlights tariff policies as evidence of how large corporations leverage political connections to mitigate impacts, while smaller companies lack similar access and protection.

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