Blankfein Says Thought of Trump's Finger on Button 'Blows My Mind'
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Donald Trump, president and chief executive officer of Trump Organization Inc. and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, speaks during a rally aboard the Battleship USS Iowa in San Pedro, California, on Sept. 15, 2015.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein said he hopes Donald Trump’s popularity indicates voters are looking for someone willing to negotiate across the aisle. That doesn’t mean he wants it to be Trump.
“I can find fault with some of the things that seem wacky to me that he says,” Blankfein, 60, said Wednesday at a breakfast in New York sponsored by the Wall Street Journal. “It’s hard to imagine his finger on the button. That blows my mind.”