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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rhian Lubin

Democrats’ failure to punish CEOs for 2008 crash contributed to Trump’s rise, says top Obama aide

The Democrats’ failure to punish “greedy” CEOs for the 2008 financial crash contributed to the rise of Donald Trump, argues Obama’s former White House chief of staff.

Rahm Emanuel, the outgoing U.S. ambassador to Japan, criticized the party for being “blind to the rising sea of disillusionment” that has been simmering for years in America, he wrote in a column for the Washington Post titled “The road back to power for Democrats.”

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