The Man will be all set to do it, then someone walks into his office, speaks against it, that is the newest voice he hears and he changes his mind.

I'm just hoping.....

I think if it were a Bush or a Romney in the White House there'd be a cut to corporate taxes, the highest marginal rates and other stuff to make the Chamber of Commerce happy - classic GOPe stuff.

But I don't think that's the prevailing sentiment anymore. Take this exchange between Tom Cotton and the CEOs of Kroger and Safeway, talking about their merger. I've queued it up at the right time:

YouTube: Tom Cotton - 'Sorry this is happening to you, best of luck' (NewsIclip)

[Sen. Cotton talking about when companies stomp on their center-right employees, and then they want something]

"...they probably shouldn't come to Washington and ask Republicans to carry their water whenever our democrat friends want to regulate them or block their mergers.

...I've read a lot about that in the news, and I'll say this: I'm sorry this is happening to you. Best of luck,".

The CEO looked like he'd swallowed a frog.

Paul Ryan was such a disappointment because he talked a sound fiscal game and then did nothing about it when he was the Speaker. I think you'll find that the Trump admin isn't going to play the game of giving big companies tax breaks and then watching them downsize the hell out of their US workforces, either.