Trump launches attack on 'globalist' Koch brothers after the GOP mega-donors turn on the party

Alex Lockie

President Donald Trump launched an attack on the Koch brothers — powerful political mega-donors with a long history of supporting Republican and libertarian causes — after the billionaires spoke out against Trump's divisive White House.

Charles Koch, who remains in business after his brother, David, took a step back due to health issues in June , recently distanced himself from Trump's policies and bashed his protectionist economics.

"The urge to protect ourselves from change has doomed many countries throughout history," Koch said in a video shown to a gathering of Koch network donors in Colorado Springs, according to the Wall Street Journal .

"This protectionist mind-set has destroyed countless businesses."

This is not the first time that the Koch network has sought to use its political influence to push back against Trump.

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-attack-globalist-koch-brothers-after-they-turn-on-him-back-democrats-2018-7

Someone's getting it in Boston.

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/07/28/koch-president-trumps-trade-tariffs-hurt-americans/854632002/

Koch officials: President Trump's trade tariffs hurt Americans

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo – In some of their sharpest criticism of the Trump administration, leaders of the influential political network associated with conservative billionaire Charles Koch slammed President Trump’s trade tariffs Saturday as “protectionism” that hurts American businesses and consumers.

“The divisiveness of this White House is causing long-term damage,” said Brian Hooks, one of Koch’s top deputies. “When in order to win on an issue, somebody else has to lose, it makes it very difficult to unite people to solve the problems of this country.”

Hooks’ remarks came as Koch and more than 500 donors in his network kicked off a three-day retreat to plot the network’s course on everything from its growing support of anti-poverty programs around the country to the tough midterm elections in which Republican control of the House is in jeopardy.

The network is likely to spend as much as $400 million on politics and policy in this two-year election cycle, further cementing its role as one of the most powerful forces in conservative politics.

>>2369515

I'd be scared too if I saw that guy outside my office.

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| July 31, 2018 08:04 AM

>>2369707

Wow.