How Trump is transforming the way corporations do business in the U.S.

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

WBUR

Talk Show, Daily News, News, Npr, On Point, Daily

4.2 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

President Trump demanded cuts from private businesses. Blacklisted major law firms. And threatened companies to invest more in America. The uncertain legal landscape for U.S. businesses today.

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0:48.1	WBUR Podcasts, Boston.
1:01.5	This is on point. I'm Megynchakrabardi.
1:08.1	President Donald Trump has changed the way corporations think about doing business in the United States. A recent and truly remarkable example came just last month.
1:14.3	On Thursday, August 7th, Trump posted the following on Truth Social.
1:19.2	Quote, the CEO of Intel is highly conflicted and must resign immediately.
1:25.0	There is no other solution to this problem.
1:27.4	Thank you for your attention to this problem.
1:30.2	Exclamation point, end quote. Now, it is highly, highly unusual for an American president to publicly demand the resignation of a private sector CEO.
1:41.3	Intel CEO, Lip Bhutan, wrote internally to staff that the Trump criticism was, quote, misinformation.
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