The revolving door that feeds government in America regularly rotates between public service and the corporate world. In firms like Goldman Sachs, the rotation is de rigueur for senior figures. It is not easy for a patriotic American to turn down an invitation from the White House to serve. But why, one has to ask, would a senior business figure be willing to be associated with such an administration? To which the simple answer is that Trump’s victory changed everything. His objectionable personality and outlandish policy proposals now had to be weighed against the more basic political
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