LOADING ERROR LOADINGCEOs weren’t too pleased with Donald Trump’s performance at a private meeting in Washington this week, CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin said on Friday. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee addressed top business leaders and spoke about the corporate tax rate at Thursday’s gathering, which featured Walmart’s Doug McMillon, Apple’s Tim Cook and JPMorgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon. AdvertisementA number of CEOs “walked into the meeting being Trump supporter-ish” but left it thinking that he was “remarkably meandering,” Sorkin said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”“[He] could not keep a straight thought, was all over the map,” Sorkin recalled hearing from attendees. Brutal report from @andrewrsorkin on Trump's visit with CEOs yesterday:"CEOs who said that he was remarkably meandering, could not keep a straight thought, was all over the map." CEOs who walked in as soft Trump supporters walked out startled by him pic.twitter.com/m68PeT52ez — James Singer (@Jemsinger) June 14, 2024AdvertisementIn a separate appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Sorkin said that CEOs felt “a bit disheartened” after the gathering.

Source: Huffington Post June 16, 2024 09:35 UTC