Kona Ice CEO Tony Lamb and Lions Chicken Fingers CEO Garrett Reid explain why President Trump is good for their business.
From Wall Street to Main Street, business leaders are beginning to express hope that President Donald Trump will bring a boon to the economy and those who run it.
“I don't care what your politics are, which side of the aisle you're on, yesterday as a small business owner you had to walk away with nothing but hope,” said Kona Ice CEO Tony Lamb. “The Big Money Show” Panel, Tuesday
Gareth Reed, CEO of Layne's Chicken Fingers, added: “It's become too expensive to do what we do. “We can reduce that, help pass that savings on to consumers.”
During his presidential campaign, Trump promised a pro-growth, anti-regulation platform for American entrepreneurs. He fulfilled this promise by putting pen to paper on Monday evening after his inauguration and signing dozens of executive orders that include action in Energy production and inflation
As of Tuesday afternoon, U.S. market futures were trading All in green In what a financial expert about “Varney and company”. Called the “Trump Surge”, the Dow Jones rose more than 400 points, the Nasdaq 136 points and the S&P 500 50 points.
The CEOs of Kona Ice and Layne's Chicken Fingers are optimistic about the economic future of Trump 2.0. (FOX Business)
Executives expressed confidence in the “predictability” and “consistency” of Trump's policy.
“In his first administration … it was fantastic,” Lemm noted. “We've had great growth in those years. And the last four years, it's been almost hostile, it seems like it really has. And so you have that hope again.”
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“I think energy is the most incredible thing that Trump can do in this administration,” Reid said. My concessionaires carry chicken, potatoes, everything to the stores, the gasoline we have to burn. energy “The costs have been very out of control in the last few years.”
“I don't think any of my franchisees or any of the small business owners want to raise prices. That's the last thing we want to do,” Reid added.
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Lamb, who oversees more than 800 franchise operations, emphasized that his employees, who have “different politics,” are all “very excited” about the economic future under Trump 2.0.
“What we're excited about is the transparency of even the tax codes and things like that,” said Kona Ice's CEO. “Now that you're talking about predictability, now you can kind of start planning your growth, you can start planning your reinvestment in your company, because if This tax reduction continues And we get them back, that's very important. He's going to do it in the first 100 days.”
Fox News' Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.