From a source close to Trump’s transition team:
Those items, said the source, are U.S.-focused job creation, and how these tech firms can work with government to improve efficiency.
Among those attending the meeting will be Apple CEO Tim Cook, Alphabet CEO Larry Page and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg.
“U.S.-focused job creation” sounds good, but why do I think this is the real agenda: “how these tech firms can work with government to improve efficiency” which is a business euphemism for job reductions.
US job creation. Trump still thinks hardware factories as tech jobs, not software. So dumb.
Improve government efficiency? Big companies, institutions, and government are all inefficient because of size – that’s the problem of scaling. Talking about it at a tech summit is just hand waving and twitter fodder.
Business = profit.
A government ≠ profit.
Why are you people always so damn skeptical?
The man isn’t even in office yet, and he’s making these kind of things happen already. Give him a chance, for cryin’ out loud!
Trump is doing exactly the right thing at this stage: finding out what’s needed and wanted so that he can hit the ground running when he’s in office.
How the hell do you presume to know what Trump thinks? Just because government has been inefficient doesn’t mean it always will be. Trump is one of the first businessmen to become President, which was a major factor in him getting elected by those of us who have any sense left.
His body of nonsenses and ignorance regarding how the economy works is the reason for people to be skeptical.
Running his casino like bizz has nothing to do with running a government.
A government is not a corporation.
People know what he thinks about policies, anyway.
One year from now we will all see.
I can bet, no good thing.
Outside of real estate and reality TV his business history is shockingly bad. He’s never shown any ability to turn his wealth into viable companies that create good jobs for Americans.
If he came to a job interview, he would not get the job.
1 No verifiable results in any venture
2 Numerous lawsuits, missed deadlines, non-deliverables are extremely high
3 Refusal to be transparent about the financial aspects of any business.
there’s more, but I’ll stop.
So, Daniel, I’ve run successful businesses, and this is not how you do it.
If hitting the ground running means putting 3 members of Goldman Sachs on his cabinet (you know, the ones he railed with Clinton about), or packing his cabinet including defense secretary with ex-military in violation of federal law, or, recklessly tweeting to cause major shifts in the value of stocks (clearly a violation of SEC rules), then you need to go to business school and back to middle school where civics and government are taught.
What’s your track record?
“How the hell do you presume to know what Trump thinks? “
Because he tells us. He makes public statements.
“Trump is one of the first businessmen to become President,”
And why do you think that is? One of the reasons is because Government is NOT Business. It has completely different goals and needs.
“Why are you people always so damn skeptical?” Because skepticism is a good thing.
“Give him a chance”
Why?