How Trump Is Eligible for a Coronavirus Rescue

Trump, Inc.

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Don, Trump, News, Business, Jared, Ivanka, Jr, Politics, Business News, Government, Eric

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🗓️ 8 April 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In a late March press briefing on the coronavirus, President Trump turned the microphone over to Mike Lindell, the founder and CEO of a company called MyPillow. Lindell — a regular on Fox News and at Trump properties, and a high-dollar donor to Republican causes — talked about how his company was pivoting from pillows to protective masks — and effusively praised the president's leadership. We've been thinking about who stands to benefit from the coronavirus bailout, and that unusual moment highlights the close links between Trump and allies who stands to benefit (often in more ways than just publicity) from the government response to the pandemic. On this episode of the show we're examining: • How the Trump family business qualifies for the two trillion dollar bailout• How businesses close to Trump are getting regulatory rollbacks and other long-sought goals• And what kind of oversight we should be expect in this new and uncertain era Check out reporter Meg Cramer's story about how businesses within the Trump Organization stand to benefit from the coronavirus bailout and Peter Elkind's reporting on how Trump Org properties are responding to the crisis. And visit our tips page to learn how to securely share what you know. Sign up for email updates from Trump, Inc. to get the latest on WNYC and ProPublica's investigations.

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0:00.0	OK, thank you very much.
0:03.0	Thank you.
0:04.0	Monday, March 30, 2020, White House Rose Garden, a little after 5 p.m.
0:11.4	Joining us this afternoon are CEOs of the Great American Companies that are fulfilling
0:15.6	the epituradic duty by producing or donating medical equipment.
0:19.3	A day before President Trump tells America that more than 100,000 people might die of
0:25.0	COVID-19.
0:27.0	He invites representatives of the private sector to the White House.
0:31.5	He says they're doing their part.
0:33.5	Darius Domchek of Honeywell, Debra Waller of Jockey, International David Taylor, Procter
0:39.6	and Gamble, Greg Hayes of United Technologies Corporation.
0:43.4	In with all these titans of industry, there's someone else.
0:47.2	A friend of mine, Mike Lindell of Mike Pilla.
0:50.3	Boy, do you sell those pillars?
0:52.0	It's unbelievable what you do.
0:54.3	Mike Lindell of Mike Pilla, with his distinctive mustache, gets an audience of 12.2 million
1:00.6	viewers.
1:01.6	You have to say what you're doing because it's been really incredible.
1:05.2	Go ahead, Mike.
1:07.2	OK, well, Mike Pilla is a US vertically integrated company, which has been forced to adjust to
1:14.7	the changing business environment as a result of the pandemic.
1:19.2	Lindell talks about how he's turning his pillow company into a mask-making company, producing
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