• About Us
  • Activity
  • Advertising
  • Books
  • Business
  • Contact
  • Dashboard
  • EB5
  • Entertainment
  • feedback
  • Forgot Your Password?
  • Government
  • Home
  • Home 20723
  • Interviews
  • Login
  • Members
  • Meme generator
  • National
  • Nevada
  • Nevada News and Views
  • Newsmax
  • NN&V Ads
  • Opinion
  • Pick a New Password
  • Politics
  • Polls
  • Privacy Policy
  • Profile
  • Recent comments by me
  • Recent comments on my posts
  • Register
  • Submit post
  • Subscribe
  • Subscription Confirmation
  • Survey
  • Survey
  • Terms of Service
  • Today’s Top 10
  • Travel
  • Travel
  • Travel
  • Welcome!
  • Yop Poll Archive
Nevada News and Views
  • About Us
  • Contact
  • More
    • Opinion
  • Facebook

  • Twitter

  • Pinterest

  • RSS

Opinion

CEOs Reveal How To Work With Trump During Face-To-Face Meetings

CEOs Reveal How To Work With Trump During Face-To-Face Meetings
Chuck Muth
March 18, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks to auto workers at American Center for Mobility in Ypsilanti, Michigan on March 15, 2017. (Courtesy: Nicolas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)

(Robert Donachie, The Daily Caller News Foundation) – President Donald Trump has proven himself to be either a powerful ally or a formidable foe for chief executives in his first two months in the White House.

Since taking office, the president has met with leaders in the business, finance, regulatory, manufacturing, health care, pharmaceutical, and energy industries.

Speaking with Axios under the conditions of anonymity, some chief executives and aides who have met with Trump have a few pieces of advice for business leaders considering a sit-down with the president.

1) Show Up And Meet With Trump — Regardless Of How You Feel About Him

The president is a man known for his negotiating prowess. He seeks information from those with in-depth knowledge of an issue, and sometimes even takes the advice he is given. Essentially, executives have nothing to lose by discussing their concerns with the president, except leverage if they refuse a meeting.

2) Stoke His Ego

Give the president a victory he can tweet about and fan as a big win to his constituents. The easiest way to win favor with the president is to bring some jobs back to America, like with the Carrier deal.

3) Find Common Ground

The president loves to discuss issues that are in his wheelhouse, according to Axios: infrastructure spending, aerospace companies, politics, and people. Trump is comfortable talking about the plane industry because he owns a gilded Boeing 757, and he will always talk about infrastructure because he spent his life negotiating real estate deals. Leaders will do much better to start talks with things Trump is familiar with, rather than diving into wonky policy discussions that the president will likely gloss over.

4) Tread Carefully

If you publicly criticize the president or refuse an offer to meet with him, get ready for some serious backlash. The president gets daily hand-delivered statements made by CEOs and leaders who speak out against him. The list is reportedly used when deciding who to invite to meetings, who gets to speak on policy issues, and who gets an offer to fill a vacant spot in the White House. Don’t say anything, before, after, or during the meeting, that might upset Trump.

5) Make Steve Bannon and Jared Kushner Your Best Friends

These two men may be the largest power brokers in all of Washington, D.C. at this moment. Bannon and Kushner are present at nearly every key meeting, and both get private, one-on-one time with the president after meetings. The two are crucial in shaping Trump’s policy stances. If one wants to make headway with the president, having these two on their side will be a critical step in making that happen.

 

Content originally published at The Daily Caller.

Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org.

Prev postNext post

Related Items
Opinion
March 18, 2017
Chuck Muth

Related Items

More in Opinion

Amodei Statement on Debt Ceiling Bill

Chuck MuthJune 1, 2023
Read More

Tark: Trans “Rights” … and Wrongs

Chuck MuthMay 26, 2023
Read More

Stone: The Truth About AB 250: Will Patients Really Benefit?

NN&V StaffMay 26, 2023
Read More

“Ungrateful Miscreants”: Miller, Segerblom Insult Local Small Business Owners

NN&V StaffMay 24, 2023
Read More

Quarter-Million Dollar Ad Campaign Targets Nevada Legislators for Trapping Hispanic Families in Unsafe Schools

NN&V StaffMay 22, 2023
Read More

Nevada News & Views: May 20, 2023

NN&V StaffMay 20, 2023
Read More
Scroll for more
Tap

Subscribe Free By Email

Looking for the best in breaking news and conservative views? Let Chuck do all the work for you! Subscribe to his FREE "Muth's Truths" e-newsletter.

* indicates required
Nevada News and Views
Nevada News & Views is an educational project of Citizen Outreach Foundation, a non-partisan IRS-approved 501(c)(3) organization. It is not associated or affiliated with any political party or group. Nevada News & Views is accessible by the public at no cost. It funds its operations through tax-deductible contributions from donors and supporters and does not accept government money or grants.

TAGS

Featured Article Muths truth

Copyright © 2023 Citizen Outreach | Maintained by VirtualAlly

Trump: North Korea’s Been ‘Playing’ U.S. For Years
Joecks: Brooks’ bill would short-circuit energy choice