Brian Schwartz:
Well, you could compare it directly with President Joe Biden. You just didn’t see this. I mean, let’s be very clear about it.
Yes, he had various meetings that were all out in the open with CEOs. You name them, Jamie Dimon, and big bank CEOs would meet with Joe Biden, and all that’s out there. But they did not have this much of a close relationship with the president. It just didn’t happen that way.
And with Donald Trump, that’s been a different story since 2016. These executives have had direct access at times to the White House. You mentioned somebody like Tim Cook. I mean, after the first election in 2016, Cook was in regular contact with Trump. The same thing now recently, as we reported, with Jeff Bezos. He’s been in contact with Trump and people close to him like Jared Kushner.
So the reality is, is this type of system was just not in place with Joe Biden, and it is with Trump as he starts to head to the White House.
