{"id":2358509,"date":"2024-10-23T16:56:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T20:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ackman-battles-with-cnbc-hosts-over-trumps-ability-to-keep-dictators-in-check-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-23T17:00:26","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T21:00:26","slug":"ackman-battles-with-cnbc-hosts-over-trumps-ability-to-keep-dictators-in-check-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ackman-battles-with-cnbc-hosts-over-trumps-ability-to-keep-dictators-in-check-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Ackman battles with CNBC hosts over Trump&#8217;s ability to keep dictators in check &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fackman-battles-with-cnbc-hosts-over-trumps-ability-to-keep-dictators-in-check-washington-examiner%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=2358509&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>In a recent \u200bheated discussion\u200d on CNBC, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/group-founded-by-billionaire-biden-donor-pushes-wh-for-2-9-billion-investment\/\" title=\"Group Founded by Billionaire Biden Donor Pushes WH for .9 Billion Investment\">billionaire investor<\/a> Bill Ackman expressed his \u200bbelief that former President Donald Trump effectively instilled fear\u2064 in\u2063 dictators\u2062 during his\u200d tenure, making the world a safer place.\u2062 Ackman compared Trump\u2019s leadership with that of Vice\u2064 President Kamala Harris, arguing that Trump&#8217;s aggressive \u2064foreign \u200dpolicy, particularly regarding the Ukraine-Russia conflict, could lead to \u200ca more favorable negotiation\u200b climate. He suggested that if Trump were\u200b in charge, leaders \u2063like Russian President Vladimir Putin would take threats seriously. Ackman also <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">criticized current economic policies<\/a>, noting the detrimental effects \u200bof inflation, and indicated his support for Trump in the upcoming election, \u2062suggesting\u200c that a significant loss for the \u200bDemocratic \u2062Party might prompt\u200d necessary\u200c leadership changes within the party. He reaffirmed his\u200d backing of Trump despite the potential impact on his \u2062investments, highlighting his civic responsibility \u2064as a motivator.  <\/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><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Bill Ackman battles with CNBC hosts over Trump&rsquo;s ability to keep dictators in check<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1843490\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Billionaire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/william-ackman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Bill Ackman<\/a> explained why he thinks &ldquo;dictators feared Trump&rdquo; during a testy discussion on CNBC over the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s ability to lead.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Ackman, best known for being an investor in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/google\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Google<\/a> and Chipotle, contended that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>this election cycle<\/a> is one of the few times in the nation&rsquo;s history where voters can do &ldquo;an A-B comparison&rdquo; between the two presidential administrations and said the United States was better off under former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> leadership. During his argument, <em>Squawk Box<\/em> co-host Andrew Ross Sorkin interjected that Trump is constantly criticizing Google ahead of the election, asking Ackman how he felt about this given how he has purchased stocks of the company.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m here because, as an American citizen, I think it&rsquo;s in the best interest of the country for Trump to be the president versus Kamala Harris, and if it causes harm to a company I have an investment in, so be it,&rdquo; Ackman said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillAckman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BillAckman<\/a> outlines the reasons why he&#8217;s supporting <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a>, ranging from foreign policy to leadership strength: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t5WV0tU7yn\">pic.twitter.com\/t5WV0tU7yn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SquawkCNBC\/status\/1849087866548183454?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Ackman then argued that Trump is serious about his desire to end the war between Ukraine and Russia, suggesting that Russian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vladimir-putin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Vladimir Putin<\/a> also wants it to end because it has been a &ldquo;disaster&rdquo; for Russia. He also expressed doubt when picturing Vice President Kamala Harris negotiating peace with Putin, whereas Trump has been &ldquo;a deal-maker&rdquo; for most of his life.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a reason why the world was a safer place: because the dictators feared Trump,&rdquo; Ackman said. &ldquo;And Trump says, &lsquo;Look, if you step into Ukraine, I&rsquo;m going to bomb Moscow,&rsquo; let&rsquo;s assume he would say something like that. Putin would take that kind of thing seriously from him. He wouldn&rsquo;t know whether he was serious or not.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Beyond his support for Trump&rsquo;s foreign policy, Ackman also spoke favorably of the former president&rsquo;s leadership on immigration and the economy. Ackman explained that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/inflation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>inflation<\/a> has been &ldquo;catastrophic&rdquo; for people, suggesting that the inflation crisis has been driven by &ldquo;a lack of understanding of economic policy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Amid his support for Trump, Ackman also claimed that the best-case scenario for the Democratic Party in this election cycle would be &ldquo;a massive loss,&rdquo; which would cause &ldquo;a reboot&rdquo; in the party&rsquo;s leadership.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3081568\/bill-ackman-endorses-trump-following-attempted-assassination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ackman endorsed Trump<\/a> in July shortly after the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-top-10-blunders-of-2022\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Top 10 Blunders 2022\">president survived<\/a> the first assassination attempt against him, though <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/features\/2024-billionaire-donors-us-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>the billionaire has not donated to Trump&rsquo;s campaign<\/a>. Conversely, fellow billionaire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Elon Musk<\/a>, who has also endorsed Trump, has transferred <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog-posts\/musk-transfers-75-million-to-pro-trump-america-pac\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>$75 million to his America PAC<\/a>, which is campaigning for the Republican nominee. Musk has also been giving away a daily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3196144\/elon-musk-1-million-dollar-givewaway-swing-state-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>$1 million<\/a> prize to registered voters in swing states.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Tudor Jones, the billionaire investor behind the <a href=\"https:\/\/robinhood.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Robin Hood Foundation<\/a>, said Tuesday on CNBC that while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3198458\/paul-tudor-jones-trump-victory-concerns-candidates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>he is preparing for Trump to win this election<\/a>, he is opting not to reveal who he is voting for. Jones&rsquo;s secrecy stems from his involvement with multiple causes and works &ldquo;with people on both sides,&rdquo; as well as how divided the nation is.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1843490\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1843490\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Ackman argues on CNBC that dictators feared Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2358511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Ackman-CNBC-Squawk-Box-scaled-1024x682.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[21453,5251,26954,37043,3634],"class_list":["post-2358509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ackman","tag-cnbc","tag-dictators","tag-political-debate","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Ackman-CNBC-Squawk-Box-scaled-1024x682.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2358509","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2358509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2358509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2358511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2358509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2358509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2358509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}