Wall Street Billionaires back Trump “This verdict will have less than zero impact on my support,” -Omeed Malik, president of 1789 Capitalhttps://t.co/DIufJaS6Jb
Job creation
Journalist Glenn Kessler of The Washington Post summarized the total job creation by president from Truman through Trump as of August 2020. For the 13 presidents beginning with Truman, total job creation was about 70.5 million for the 7 Democratic presidents and 29.1 million for the 6 Republican presidents. The Democratic presidents were in office for a total of 429 months, with 164,000 jobs per month added on average, while the Republicans were in office for 475 months, with a 61,000 jobs added per month average. This monthly average rate was 2.4 times faster under Democratic presidents.
Economists Alan Blinder and Mark Watson estimated job growth at 2.6% annually for Democratic presidents, about 2.2 times faster than the 1.2% for Republican presidents, for the 1949-2012 period (Truman's elected term through Obama's first term).
Federal budget deficits
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Blinder and Watson reported that budget deficits tended to be smaller under Democrats, at 2.1% potential GDP versus 2.8% potential GDP for Republicans, a difference of about 0.7 of a percentage point. They wrote that higher budget deficits should theoretically have boosted the economy more for Republicans, and therefore cannot explain the greater GDP growth under Democrats.
Since 1981, federal budget deficits have increased under Republican presidents Reagan, both Bushes and Trump, while deficits have declined under Democratic presidents Clinton and Obama. The economy ran surpluses during Clinton's last four fiscal years, the first surpluses since 1969. The deficit was projected to decline sharply in Joe Biden's first fiscal year
Corporate profits
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Analysis conducted by CFRA Research in 2020 found that since 1945 corporate earnings per share, a key measure of corporate profitability, grew 12.8% on average under Democratic presidents, versus 1.8% for Republicans
美国前总统川普因封口费案被控34项罪名全部成立,成为美国史上第一位成为重罪犯的白宫前主人。然而,对愈来愈多富有的华尔街菁英来说,纵使法庭陪审团认定他有罪,但他们仍认定,他是争取入主白宫的人选。
《彭博》(Bloomberg)新闻网1日报导,无论刑事如何定罪,从长期支持者到满心不情愿的同路人,愈来愈多美国商界和金融界名人正在接受川普重新上台的可能性。
为川普主持募款活动的风险投资公司“1789资本”(1789 Capital)总裁马利克(Omeed Malik)周四晚说:“这判决对我支持的影响小于零。 ”马利克呼应川普和共和党领导人的说法,将整个封口费审判描述为“将司法制度”和“司法管辖权武器化”。
有一点是肯定的,那就是在2021年1月6 日川粉国会暴乱后抛弃川普,还有在他继续谎称,2020年大选有猫腻时,选择与他保持距离的部分金融家如今又再度挺他。
而其中一大要因在于:钱。川普已承诺,要为富人减税并放宽监管,但现任总统拜登却想要反其道而行。不到两周前在皮埃尔饭店(The Pierre)为川普主持募款活动的亿万富翁鲁尼克(Howard Lutnick)直言,就算这具有里程碑意义的审判结果公开,他依旧怀疑,那会改变任何一名募款活动出席金主的心意。事实上,私募股权大亨、共和党长期捐助者黑石集团执行长苏世民(Stephen Schwarzman)不等陪审团宣布裁决结果,就表明他将再次支持川普。而根据“彭博亿万富翁指数”(Bloomberg Billionaires Index),这位黑石集团共同创始人跻身全球 40大富豪之列,拥有 410 亿美元财富。