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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsReport says Trump ordered top adviser Cohn to block AT&T-Time Warner merger
P.S. The merger was blocked.
"I want that deal blocked! Trump reportedly fumed to Gary Cohn and White House chief of staff John Kelly during an Oval Office meeting in 2017. But Cohn refused.
President Donald Trump ordered one of his top advisers to block the AT&T-Time Warner merger last year, The New Yorker reported on Monday, citing a well-informed source.
In the late summer of 2017, Trump asked Gary Cohn, then Trump's chief economic adviser, to pressure the Justice Department to file a lawsuit to block a planned $85 billion merger between the two companies, according to the magazine.
Ive been telling Cohn to get this lawsuit filed and nothings happened!" Trump reportedly fumed to Cohn and White House chief of staff John Kelly during an Oval Office meeting. "Ive mentioned it 50 times. And nothings happened. I want to make sure its filed. I want that deal blocked!
As they walked out of the meeting, Cohn reportedly told Kelly not to call the Justice Department, saying, "We are not going to do business that way," according to the source.
In the late summer of 2017, Trump asked Gary Cohn, then Trump's chief economic adviser, to pressure the Justice Department to file a lawsuit to block a planned $85 billion merger between the two companies, according to the magazine.
Ive been telling Cohn to get this lawsuit filed and nothings happened!" Trump reportedly fumed to Cohn and White House chief of staff John Kelly during an Oval Office meeting. "Ive mentioned it 50 times. And nothings happened. I want to make sure its filed. I want that deal blocked!
As they walked out of the meeting, Cohn reportedly told Kelly not to call the Justice Department, saying, "We are not going to do business that way," according to the source.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/report-says-trump-ordered-top-adviser-cohn-block-t-time-n978906
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Report says Trump ordered top adviser Cohn to block AT&T-Time Warner merger (Original Post)
spanone
Mar 2019
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CurtEastPoint
(18,650 posts)1. I am wondering how he thought HE could profit from a non-deal.
THere's gotta be a story here.
spanone
(135,844 posts)2. It's because time warner owned CNN and he hates CNN
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)3. Revenge on CNN.
drumpf is a vengeful person.
CurtEastPoint
(18,650 posts)4. Of course! Thanks! And yes: he is vile, pusillanimous and vindictive.
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)5. It's all about power
Or rather, how Trump perceives his own 'power'.
Truth is... he never had it and never will.
Even his most ardent followers realize somewhere deep down inside
that Trump is a self-centered, incompetent bozo of epic proportion.