Secret White House spreadsheet ranks US companies based on loyalty to Trump

Telegraph

2 days ago

Donald Trump has drawn up a scorecard for corporate America, ranking companies based on their loyalty to his administration.
The highly unusual list ranks 533 businesses and trade organisations based on their efforts to champion the US president's 'one big beautiful bill', according to reports.
Companies that have fared well deployed a variety of tactics – often trumpeting the benefits of an individual policy, such as Uber's celebration of Mr Trump's 'no tax on tips' proposal.
The scorecard, which Axios said will aid decision-making on corporate requests, comes as part of Mr Trump's 'America First' agenda and protectionist policies.
The chart allegedly ranks enterprises' levels of support as either strong, moderate or low based on a series of factors.
Actions that affect a company's rating are said to include social media posts, adverts, press releases, video testimonials, attendance at White House events and other engagements related to 'OB3' – the administration's nickname for the president's set-piece tax and spending legislation.
According to Axios, businesses seen as 'good partners' on the White House list include DoorDash, United Airlines, Delta Airlines, Uber, AT&T, Cisco, Airlines for America and the Steel Manufacturers Association.
AT&T recently announced 'plans to more quickly build fiber infrastructure thanks to pro-investment policies in the one big beautiful bill act passed by Congress'.
Meanwhile Airlines for America – which represents major US airlines including United and Delta – lauded the bill's $12.5bn (£9.2bn) investment in air traffic control.
The spreadsheet is said to be an evolving document, to which businesses' support for other presidential initiatives can be added.
The ranking 'helps us see who really goes out and helps vs those who just come in and pay lip service,' an official told the news outlet.
'If groups/companies want to start advocating more now for the tax bill or additional administration priorities, we will take that into account in our grading,' the official added.
It is not clear which businesses rank low on the list but those likely to have taken a hit may include clean energy companies, who heavily criticised the bill's rollback of green incentives.
Mr Trump has also clashed with Wall Street in recent weeks. The president this week hit out at David Solomon, the Goldman Sachs chief executive, saying the bank had been wrong to predict that imposing US tariffs would hurt the US economy.