Why aren't more American business leaders speaking out against Trump's destructive immigration orders? Take a wild guess.
A few chief executives joined protests against President Donald Trump's temporary ban on immigration from seven Muslim countries, but a larger group of CEOs remained publicly silent over fears of being targeted by the president, CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin said Monday. [...]
"I had similar conversations with executives over the weekend, all of whom ... seemed to be upset about at least the implementation of this program," Sorkin said. "They are scared out of their minds about being attacked ... and what that's going to do for their business."
Because high-profile Americans that publicly disagree with Donald Trump get attacked by his White House. Trump himself tweets threats to their businesses—tanking their stocks. He issues pissy statements accusing them of "fake tears", or unhinged statements accusing them of attempting to start "World War III".
If Donald Trump doesn't like what an American has to say, he will instruct his Press Secretary to go out and hold up their tweets in the press briefing room while that official details what he doesn't like about them.
This is just the official reaction from Trump’s White House. If Trump's supporters get wind of your opposition to his policies, their reactions may range from simple boycott to entering your business with a weapon while accusing you of conspiracy theories they read on Trump-promoting websites.
As for the business leaders who have actively partnered for Trump:
"The really key question is, 'Will those CEOs who are now sitting on that advisory council actually use that power or are they just doing it for pure vanity play?" Tett asked.
Yeah, that's a real head-scratcher. They were keen to join in order to gain the ear of the white-nationalist-promoting leader so that they could advocate for their own preferred tax cuts. Speaking up when Dear Leader's bumbling policies are actively harming them, though, seems a bridge too far for this group.