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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Business
Adam Lowenstein in Washington

‘Perilous for democracy, good for profits’: is big business ready to love Trump again?

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Donald Trump finishes speaking at a rally in Las Vegas on 9 June 2024. Photograph: John Locher/AP

Chief executives of some of America’s largest companies will meet privately with Donald Trump later on Thursday, and many CEOs who were once critical of his unprecedented conduct appear increasingly open to the former president’s return to office, a Guardian analysis has found.

The private audience with the former president will take place at the quarterly gathering of the Business Roundtable, a powerful Washington lobbying group that advocates for the interests of chief executives of big US firms. Joe Biden was also invited; his chief of staff will attend while the US president is abroad, a Business Roundtable spokesperson said.

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