{"id":2252797,"date":"2024-05-25T13:16:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T17:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/billionaire-blackstone-ceo-slams-bidens-policies-in-his-endorsement-of-trump-i-am-planning-to-vote-for-change\/"},"modified":"2024-05-25T13:16:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T17:16:50","slug":"billionaire-blackstone-ceo-slams-bidens-policies-in-his-endorsement-of-trump-i-am-planning-to-vote-for-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/billionaire-blackstone-ceo-slams-bidens-policies-in-his-endorsement-of-trump-i-am-planning-to-vote-for-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackstone CEO Criticizes Biden, Backs Trump for Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbillionaire-blackstone-ceo-slams-bidens-policies-in-his-endorsement-of-trump-i-am-planning-to-vote-for-change%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2252797&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Steve Schwarzman, the CEO and\u200c co-founder\u2063 of Blackstone, strongly\u2063 criticized\u200c President\u200c Biden&#8217;s policies, expressing support for \u200dDonald \u200dTrump. Schwarzman, concerned about rising anti-Semitism, emphasized the urgency of \u2062upcoming elections. He stated that Biden&#8217;s\u2062 approach in \u2062key areas like the economy and immigration is misguided. Schwarzman intends to vote for change by supporting Trump and \u200bRepublican candidates.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Steve Schwarzman, the CEO and co-founder of Blackstone, a private equity and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cancel-rent-champion-ayanna-pressley-raked-in-thousands-as-landlord-records-show\/\" title=\"\u2018Cancel Rent\u2019 Champion Ayanna Pressley Raked in Thousands as Landlord, Records Show\">real estate firm<\/a>, blasted President Joe Biden\u2019s policies on multiple issues when he threw his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-regains-support-from-key-gop-billionaire-megadonor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">support<\/a> behind presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Schwarzman, who is Jewish, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/05\/24\/trump-2024-stephen-schwarzman-blackstone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a> on Friday that the \u201cdramatic rise of anti-Semitism has led me to focus on the consequences of upcoming elections with greater urgency.\u201d The 77-year-old businessman added that the Biden administration\u2019s policies on the economy, immigration, and foreign affairs \u201care taking the country in the wrong direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor these reasons, I am planning to vote for change and support Donald Trump for president,\u201d he said. \u201cIn addition, I will be supporting Republican Senate candidates and other Republicans up and down the ticket.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The billionaire has previously supported moderate Republicans and was close to Trump during the former president\u2019s time in the White House, but following the GOP\u2019s disappointing performance in the 2022 midterm elections, Schwarzman said that it was time for the Republican Party to move past Trump and \u201cturn to a new generation of leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After Trump easily won the Republican presidential primary against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hypocrite-terry-mcauliffe-ignores-own-ties-to-taylor-swift-nemesis\/\" title=\"Hypocrite Terry McAuliffe Ignores Own Ties to Taylor Swift Nemesis\">numerous candidates<\/a>, however, Schwarzman is again backing the former president.<\/p>\n<p>Schwarzman has donated tens of millions of dollars to Republican candidates, including Trump, in the past. He also was the chairman of President Trump\u2019s Strategic and Policy Forum for the first seven months of Trump\u2019s term in office.<\/p>\n<p>Jon Gray, Blackstone\u2019s COO and president and the heir apparent to Schwarzman, has endorsed Biden\u2019s re-election bid and donates to Democratic candidates, Axios reported.<\/p>\n<p>Schwarzman\u2019s endorsement of Trump comes as President Biden faces criticism for his policies on numerous issues, especially on illegal immigration and the Israel-Hamas war. The Biden administration has been slammed for ordering a U.S. forces operation to build a pier to get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rubio-scott-introduce-bill-targeting-venezuelas-maduro\/\" title=\"Rubio, Scott Introduce Bill Targeting Venezuela\u2019s Maduro\">humanitarian assistance<\/a> to Gaza.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1716730524635000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2rcSnHCHsVr0OjSFEWd-Kf\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>A U.S. official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/none-of-the-aid-biden-has-sent-to-gaza-through-pier-has-reached-palestinians-much-of-it-stolen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> that none of the aid that the Biden administration has sent through the pier has reached the Palestinian people as it is stolen. Earlier this week, three U.S. soldiers suffered non-combat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/3-u-s-soldiers-injured-including-1-critically-during-operation-on-bidens-gaza-pier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">injuries<\/a> while working to support the \u201chumanitarian aid mission to Gaza.\u201d One of the three troops \u201cwas transported to a medical facility and is in critical condition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, on the U.S. southern border, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-officials-under-gag-order-barred-from-speaking-to-press-amid-immigration-crisis-report\/\" title=\"Border Officials Under \u2018Gag Order,\u2019 Barred From Speaking To Press Amid Immigration Crisis: Report\">illegal immigrants continue<\/a> to take advantage of Biden\u2019s border policies as hundreds of thousands of border crossings have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/southwest-land-border-encounters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> in the first four months of 2024 alone. American voters have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/americans-say-that-immigration-is-the-top-issue-facing-the-country-for-third-month-in-a-row\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> that immigration is their main concern for the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blackstone CEO and co-founder, Steve Schwarzman, criticized President Biden&#8217;s policies across various fronts as he endorsed GOP nominee Donald Trump. Schwarzman, a prominent figure in private equity and real estate, expressed concerns about the surge in anti-Semitism, prompting him to shift his focus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":2252798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-667265764-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2252797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-667265764-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2252797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2252798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2252797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2252797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2252797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}