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The tension between companies and Donald Trump could grow into a long-term headache for the Republican party. Here’s what you need to know 
https://www.ft.com/content/f74f00db-decc-4fb2-8c86-e95dd0b0d42e
https://www.ft.com/content/f74f00db-decc-4fb2-8c86-e95dd0b0d42e
When Donald Trump accepted the Republican party’s presidential nomination in 2016, he touted his credentials as an executive who understood how to create jobs. But is that working in his favour now https://www.ft.com/content/f74f00db-decc-4fb2-8c86-e95dd0b0d42e
As Trump faces a re-election battle, a significant number of corporate America’s leading voices are speaking out against the US president due to his management of the pandemic https://www.ft.com/content/f74f00db-decc-4fb2-8c86-e95dd0b0d42e
While corporate leaders have anxieties about tax policies and regulations if Biden wins, they also see risks in a second Trump term, from unfavourable trade policies to continued inaction on climate change https://www.ft.com/content/f74f00db-decc-4fb2-8c86-e95dd0b0d42e
Some of the biggest Republican supporters in 2016 have also cut back or disappeared this year https://www.ft.com/content/f74f00db-decc-4fb2-8c86-e95dd0b0d42e
Trump has been backed by 15 chief executives of S&P 500 companies. However, twice as many big company CEOs have given to Biden’s campaign, MarketWatch has calculated, including Disney’s Bob Iger https://www.ft.com/content/f74f00db-decc-4fb2-8c86-e95dd0b0d42e
Forecasts from Goldman Sachs and Moody that a Biden presidency could be better for growth have provided ‘cover’ to those executives who were looking for an economic excuse to break with Trump https://www.ft.com/content/f74f00db-decc-4fb2-8c86-e95dd0b0d42e
There are doubts that Republicans can continue to accommodate a ‘pro-expertise’ corporate cadre alongside its ‘rural, anti-intellectual conspiracy group’ for much longer https://www.ft.com/content/f74f00db-decc-4fb2-8c86-e95dd0b0d42e
