Thomas Barrack, a real-estate billionaire and close ally of President Trump, has questioned business leaders who have stopped advising the president.
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BILLIONAIRE TRUMP ADVISER: CEOs were wrong to abandon the president
Thomas Barrack, a billionaire real estate investor advising President Trump, says other business leaders shouldn't have abandoned him.
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A wave of business leaders stepped down from advising Trump last week in the aftermath of the president's remarks on the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, which left one woman dead. Carl Icahn, a billionaire investor, also said he was not longer advising Trump, but cited regulatory concerns.
Barrack, who is the executive chairman of is reportedly in talks to become the ambassador to Mexico, meanwhile, according to Politico. A spokesman for Barrack declined to comment on the matter.
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