Donald Trump And His Ideas

Corporate chiefs on the whole have been loving the Trump Rally. The one thing that scares them: What comes next?

- Tory Newmyer

Donald Trump has packed a surplus of uncertainty for Big Business into his already tumultuous presidency. Gone, for the most part, are the Twitter darts he aimed at companies he accused on the campaign trail of underinvesting in the U.S. Instead, he has welcomed a parade of executives into the West Wing for boardroom-style jawboning sessions.

Participants, including some Trump maligned as a candidate, have left feeling that they have a partner in the White House—a sentiment reflected in the market rally that followed his election, powered by hopes of tax cuts, regulatory rollbacks, and new infrastructure spending.