Bloomberg’s Lacqua Asks David Rubenstein at WEF: ‘Is There Any Way that the Rest of the World Can Trump-Proof Their Economies?’

LACQUA David a number ░░░░░░░░ leaders have expressed concern ░░░░░░░░ what Donald Trump in ░░░░░░░░ White House means for ░░░░░░░░ for our foreign policy ░░░░░░░░ there any way that ░░░░░░░░ rest of the world ░░░░░░░░ Trump proof their economies ░░░░░░░░ If somebody has a ░░░░░░░░ to do that I ░░░░░░░░ they should patent it ░░░░░░░░ probably sell it to ░░░░░░░░ else It d be ░░░░░░░░ difficult to do Clearly ░░░░░░░░ biggest political change that ░░░░░░░░ in the United States ░░░░░░░░ year also was unpredictable ░░░░░░░░ unpredicted I should say ░░░░░░░░ don t think anybody ░░░░░░░░ of that Trump family ░░░░░░░░ have predicted that Donald ░░░░░░░░ would be indicted for ░░░░░░░░ 91 counts on various ░░░░░░░░ and that his popularity ░░░░░░░░ soar to the point ░░░░░░░░ he has a reasonably ░░░░░░░░ chance of locking up ░░░░░░░░ Republican nomination by March ░░░░░░░░ is earlier than almost ░░░░░░░░ contested presidential candidate has ░░░░░░░░ able to lock up ░░░░░░░░ Republican nomination If he ░░░░░░░░ nominated be the first ░░░░░░░░ ever that a Republican ░░░░░░░░ has nominated the same ░░░░░░░░ three times in a ░░░░░░░░ He clearly has a ░░░░░░░░ that many of the ░░░░░░░░ missed and I don ░░░░░░░░ think any of the ░░░░░░░░ cases are likely that ░░░░░░░░ change his momentum So ░░░░░░░░ think people should recognize ░░░░░░░░ he s a serious ░░░░░░░░ force and should not ░░░░░░░░ the fact that he ░░░░░░░░ well be elected again ░░░░░░░░ the fact that many ░░░░░░░░ in Europe where we ░░░░░░░░ now are not really ░░░░░░░░ biggest fans And so ░░░░░░░░ I wouldn t rule ░░░░░░░░ his possibly getting elected ░░░░░░░░ Joe Biden shouldn t ░░░░░░░░ discounted Obviously we have ░░░░░░░░ older candidates People have ░░░░░░░░ to me that I ░░░░░░░░ run for president I ░░░░░░░░ I m only 74 ░░░░░░░░ you need be older ░░░░░░░░ run Laughter But I ░░░░░░░░ think to be very ░░░░░░░░ it ll be a ░░░░░░░░ close election And the ░░░░░░░░ comment is in our ░░░░░░░░ in the last two ░░░░░░░░ elections 45 states out ░░░░░░░░ the 50 voted exactly ░░░░░░░░ same way in each ░░░░░░░░ those two elections Only ░░░░░░░░ states voted differently Those ░░░░░░░░ states are Arizona Georgia ░░░░░░░░ Pennsylvania and Wisconsin Those ░░░░░░░░ states are the only ░░░░░░░░ that voted differently in ░░░░░░░░ two elections Right now ░░░░░░░░ Trump is ahead in ░░░░░░░░ five of those states ░░░░░░░░ lost all five of ░░░░░░░░ states last time Hillary ░░░░░░░░ lost those five states ░░░░░░░░ well Biden won them ░░░░░░░░ time So everything will ░░░░░░░░ down to those five ░░░░░░░░ and right now if ░░░░░░░░ election were held today ░░░░░░░░ would be difficult to ░░░░░░░░ how Trump would lose ░░░░░░░░ election today but it ░░░░░░░░ a long way away ░░░░░░░░ the most important thing ░░░░░░░░ can say about presidential ░░░░░░░░ in our country is ░░░░░░░░ change all the time ░░░░░░░░ we won t know ░░░░░░░░ sure probably until about ░░░░░░░░ month before the election ░░░░░░░░ it s really going ░░░░░░░░ go.”