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April 28, 2017

Trump struggles to apply CEO skills to presidency

  • One management expert said business leaders find that government is very complicated and takes a different skill set to make things happen.
    • By JOSH BOAK
    AP Economics Writer

    WASHINGTON — Donald Trump won the White House by arguing that what America needed was a president who had proved himself as a steely and successful corporate leader with no political baggage — someone, say, like himself.

    If Abraham Lincoln relied on a team of rivals, Trump would command a team of “killer” CEOs. He cast himself as a gifted manager who could rewrite flawed trade deals, bridge gaps between Democrats and Republicans, work financial magic on the tax code and restore prosperity to devastated factory towns.


     
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