INTERVIEW — STUART VARNEY – Anchor of Varney and Company, Fox Business Network – discussed Trump’s pro-business cabinet and his pick of Carl Icahn.
- Trump taps Carl Icahn for regulations busting post. Donald Trump once suggested he wanted Carl Icahn to be his Treasury secretary. But with that job gone, he instead has tapped Icahn to serve as a special adviser on regulatory reform. Trump’s transition office said Wednesday that activist investor Icahn “will be a leader in helping American entrepreneurs shed job-killing regulations that stifle economic growth.” Trump named Icahn as the type of person he wanted in his administration early in his campaign, telling MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” in June 2015 that as Treasury secretary he would “love to bring my friend Carl Icahn.” It was a suggestion that Icahn quickly declined.
