Corporate America Braces for Trump 2.0

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : he asked at his inflammatory rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Sunday, promising to end inflation and introduce big new tariffs and tax breaks.)
50% : In other political news: Following a Washington Post report about Elon Musk having potentially violated immigration laws when he first began his career in the United States, President Biden accused the Tesla chief of having been an "illegal worker.
49% : Harris, she said, rates higher than Trump when it comes to caring about the middle class, underscoring a central part of the Democratic candidate's platform.
45% : In recent weeks, Trump has said that he has spoken with Tim Cook of Apple and Sundar Pichai of Alphabet.
44% : It has also counted on high-profile surrogates, like Mark Cuban, who have been meant to offset the support that Trump has gotten from figures including Elon Musk.
40% : A reminder of where things stand: The Times's poll tracker shows Vice President Harris with just a 1-point lead on Trump, and the two candidates splitting the seven battleground states.
36% : The reason for such outreach is clear, Trump associates told CNN: Trump has gone after many of their companies and re-establishing relations is at the least a hedge in case he wins next week.
35% : "It looks to me more like a hedge than a confident prediction that he thinks Trump will win," Lionel Barber, a former editor of the Financial Times, told DealBook.
30% : Attendees at a gathering last week of the Business Council, an invite-only association of C.E.O.s, talked about steps to take in case Trump goes after perceived enemies, according to The Washington Post.
18% : The Harris campaign sees an opening on the economy question, despite surveys suggesting that Trump is still more broadly trusted to handle the issue.
15% : New reports show that top business leaders, including Silicon Valley heavyweights, have reached out to the former president, seemingly looking to rebuild relations and protect their businesses if Trump defeats Vice President Kamala Harris.
12% : The Harris team's data also suggest that Trump and Harris are tied when it comes to public opinion on tackling the cost of living.

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