Donald Trump told a gathering of top US CEOs on Thursday that he would slash taxes and regulations while pushing up tariffs, as he tried to win backing for his populist economic agenda from the country’s business leaders.
Trump made the remarks at a Business Roundtable event in Washington, which was attended by about 100 corporate leaders, including Citigroup’s Jane Fraser, Apple’s Tim Cook, Bank of America’s Brian Moynihan and longtime JPMorgan Chase boss Jamie Dimon.
The meeting came just weeks after Trump became the first former president to be convicted of a felony when a jury found him guilty in a New York “hush money” trial. He also met Republicans on Capitol Hill.