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Majority of business owners support Trump over Biden: UBS
The presidential election is the top concern of business owners — and most of them want President Trump to win another term in the White House, according to a new survey from UBS. More than half – 53{09c3c849cf64d23af04bfef51e68a1f749678453f0f72e4bb3c75fcb14e04d49} – of business owners surveyed said they support Trump, while 47{09c3c849cf64d23af04bfef51e68a1f749678453f0f72e4bb3c75fcb14e04d49} said they support former Vice President Joe Biden. The survey showed Washington is top of mind for business owners — 64{09c3c849cf64d23af04bfef51e68a1f749678453f0f72e4bb3c75fcb14e04d49} said the presidential election was their biggest concern, followed by politics, the national debt, COVID-19 and health care costs. Heading into the election, the economy is business owners’ top election concern, followed by COVID-19 management, job growth, health care and…
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Trump says USPS chief DeJoy should lose his job if campaign finance allegations are proven
(Getty Images) Donald Trump has said his controversial appointment as US postmaster general should lose his job if allegations of campaign finance violations against him are proved. Louis DeJoy, a Trump donor and Republican party fundraiser appointed to his role in May this year, pressured employees at his former company into making donations to GOP candidates, it has been claimed. As owner of New Breed Logistics, a North Carolina-based supply chain firm sold to XPO in 2014, Mr DeJoy often asked workers and managers to make donations to the campaigns of Republicans running for office, several former employees told the Washington Post. It is alleged that staff who donated to…
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Trump says he’s open to investigation into Postmaster General DeJoy amid alleged campaign finance law violations
President Donald Trump said on Monday he’d be open to an investigation into Postmaster General Louis DeJoy amid allegations that DeJoy encouraged his employees to make donations to Republican fundraising causes and then reimbursed them through bonuses. The president, when pressed ABC News Correspondent Kyra Phillips, at first said, “I don’t know much about it,” at a news conference at the White House on Monday afternoon but that he would support an investigation into the issue, even as he signaled he’s not inclined to believe DeJoy engaged in unlawful behavior. According to reporting in the Washington Post and The New York Times, DeJoy, a former GOP fundraiser whose political connections…
