Trump quashes reports on Jamie Dimon and Larry Fink as his Treasury Secretary
(cointelegraph.com)
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Bloomberg: Well, while we’re on the topic of CEOs, [JPMorgan Chase & Co. CEO] Jamie Dimon’s name has come up as a potential Treasury secretary in a second Trump administration, is he someone who you’re eyeing for the job?
Trump: Let me just say one thing first, so I had a meeting with them. First, I had a meeting with Congress, Republican Congress. It was like a lovefest, then I met with them and then I met with the US Senate, all Republicans, 49. And it was also a lovefest, but my best meeting of the three was with the executives. And Biden’s misinformation people put out a thing: Oh, he went on, he rambled. There was no rambling. This, you could say, this is rambling, but in order to get to the point, you have to, you know, this is a very complex subject, that a lot of people, most people don’t understand. But I just wanted to say, that that was the best meeting. They loved it. They were happy with. I mean, as an example, I brought the taxes down from 39% to 21%1. What’s not to love? I then said, I’d like to round it off to 20 for simplicity reasons, I mean, it is, you know, believe it or not, it sort of makes sense and it’s still a lot of money.
But I would like to get it down to 15, if we could, because that would put us in the absolute lowest in terms of incentive. But that meeting and we had, I don’t know, 70—all CEOs, the top guys, that was a lovefest, and I will tell you when I’m not loved because I feel that better than anybody. But that was a lovefest. And it was reported by some people, so wrong. Actually, CNBC called and apologized to me, because they found out. But we had a great meeting, Jamie Dimon was there. I have a lot of respect for Jamie Dimon.
Bloomberg: A future Trump Treasury secretary?
Trump: He is somebody that I would consider, sure. He was at the meeting. Tim Cook was right next to him. You know, we had everybody.
He was supposed to be impolite? That's a "I get along great with zelinski". He was asked would you consider and he said the obvious, non insulting non answer. So, yes, trick spin by dishonest media.
...No? What?
The question was asked if he was considered to be a future trump treasury secretary, and he responded "He is somebody that I would consider, sure."
It's not a lie for the media to report on that, since it's what he said.
Saying "I get along great with zelinski" doesn't mean "I would consider him for treasury secretary."
He was talking about good meeting, a love fest Then a nonsqueter of a question and says "oh sure, I would consider them." Rather a broad statement and absolutely no commitment that would lead anyone to think they'd made the finalist list. Hubbub over nothing. Like he gets along with zelinsky but he doesn't mean they're best friends, which I intended as an analogy.
It's not a non-sequitur at all. The original question was about the treasury secretary, then the love fest answer, then the followup question that once again asked if he was being considered for treasury secretary, and he said he'd consider it.
Of course that doesn't mean commitment. The media reported that he was being considered, which comes from trump's own words.
Look at OP's article:
This is directly a quote from the interview. It's not a lie, it's specifically what he said in the interview with Bloomberg, that he may be considering him for the position
Can we get 20% income taxes too?
...why are you asking me?