American business leaders remain silent on Trump's policies, only considering speaking out when the stock market plunges.

Jinse Finance reported that unlike in the first term of Trump, current American corporate leaders are publicly silent on the president's trade policies, despite expressing strong concerns privately. At a Yale CEO Core Group meeting, participating executives were shocked by the news that the Trump administration might double Canadian steel and aluminum tariffs, but hours later during the business roundtable meeting and Q&A session with Trump, these CEOs avoided raising sharp questions. Corporate leaders attending the Yale meeting include Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase, Michael Dell of Dell Technologies, and Albert Bourla of Pfizer, among others. In an impromptu survey, 44% of CEOs said they would only collectively criticize presidential policies if the stock market fell 20%, while another 22% believed a 30% drop would be necessary to take a stand. Nearly a quarter of CEOs felt that publicly opposing the government was not their responsibility. According to former Medtronic CEO Bill George, many corporate leaders are worried that public criticism will make them a target of the president and urge him to stick to the tariff agenda. At the same time, the outlook for the economy has become dim. An IACPA survey shows that the proportion of executives who are optimistic about the U.S. economy has fallen from 67% in the fourth quarter of last year to the current 47%. (Jinshi)