Trump is tightening the screws on corporate America — and CEOs are staying mum

President Trump is exerting an unprecedented amount of control over the shape and future of U.S. business. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

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Corporate America doesn’t want to fight with President Trump in public. But as a result, it’s ceding him an unprecedented amount of control over the shape — and future — of U.S. business.

In the past week, the president has turned up the heat on big companies and their CEOs to an extent that is unprecedented even by Trump’s norms-shattering standards. He has publicly attacked companies and their executives throughout his political career

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