03 June, 2017
Ted CruzTed CruzGoldman Sachs CEO rips Trump's Paris decision in his first tweet The Hill's 12:30 Report Trump should kill the failing Paris Agreement MORE (R-Texas), his rival for the GOP nomination, for loans he'd taken out from the bank. As the head of the National Economic Council in the White House, Cohn has become one of Trump's most important advisors - and the most senior Wall Street figure in an administration that has hired heavily from the financial world.
Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein chose yesterday to mark his Twitter debut (a full six years after joining the social network) with a tweet slamming the decision, which he said would have bad consequences both for the planet and for the U.S.'s stature in the world.
A Goldman Sachs spokesman reportedly confirmed the Twitter handle, @lloydblankfein, belongs to the Goldman Sachs chief and he had sent it out.
In January, Blankfein blasted Trump's initial ban on the entry into the United States of citizens from seven Muslim countries, saying in a voice mail left on the phones of all Goldman employees that it was "not a policy we support".
And he didn't like his former boss's claim that the US would lose its leadership position in the world.
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin also worked previously at Goldman, as did White House strategist Steve Bannon.
His former number two at Goldman Sachs, Gary Cohn, was sitting in the front row as Trump announced the withdrawal.
Other top executives also criticized the decision to quit the accord, including Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk and General Electric Co CEO Jeff Immelt.
Do you ever have any question about anything you wish to ask and get answer? "Even if there is a 50 percent chance that climate change and global warming is man-made, we must act to reduce risk", he wrote on Facebook, adding that Trump's decision will not change Israel's plans for reducing the use of fossil fuel.
