President Donald Trump met on Friday with executives of some of the biggest companies in the world.
The President’s Strategic and Policy forum is headed by private-equity giant Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman and includes executives from JPMorgan, BlackRock, General Motors, Disney, Boeing, and more.
Trump told the assembled group that he wants to hear from them about issues such as taxation, regulation, and job creation.
“We’re bringing back jobs, we’re bringing down your taxes, we’re getting rid of your regulations, and there are some really exciting times ahead,” Trump told the assembled business leaders.
Trump said that his administration is going to be “coming out with a tax bill soon and a healthcare bill even sooner.”
The president also called out the impact he hope to have on certain industries.
Trump said that he hoped to talk with JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon about revising the Dodd-Frank financial regulation. Trump's administration announced that he planned to sign an executive order on Friday to direct the Treasury to review and revise the rule.
"There is nobody better to tell me about Dodd-Frank than Jamie," said Trump, referring to Dimon. "So he has to tell me about it, but we expect to be cutting a lot from Dodd-Frank because I have so many people, friends of mine, that have nice businesses, and they can't borrow money. They can't get money from the banks, they just can't get any money because the banks won't let them borrow because of rules and regulations in Dodd-Frank."
Trump told the executives that he hopes to meet with them on a monthly or quarterly basis going forward to address the business issues.
Travis Kalanick, the CEO of Uber, did not attend the meeting due to his opposition to the president's executive order barring people from 7 Muslim-majority countries with a history of extremist activities entry into the US. Kalanick wrote a letter to Trump on Thursday explaining his absence.
Additionally, Disney CEO Bob Iger did not attend due to a scheduling conflict.
Trump also praised Friday's jobs report during the meeting.
"227,000 jobs, great spirit in the country right now," said Trump, talking about the headline jobs gains for the month of January. "I think it's going to continue big league."
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