Wall Street opposition to Trump collapses, as 'pipe dream' of primary defeat ends
As Donald Trump surges toward the Republican nomination, many Wall Street executives have made a calculated decision not to speak out against him, and in some cases they will consider supporting the Republican former president over Democratic President Joe Biden, according to over a dozen people familiar with the matter. "A lot of people on Wall Street have been living in this pipe dream of Trump not getting the nomination. People were in the first stage of [grief], denial. Now they're trying to get their heads around the fact that Trump could be the nominee," said an executive at a private equity firm. Like others in this story, the executive was granted anonymity in order to relay details of private conversations. This view reflects one shared by large portions of Wall Street, who are scrambling to come to grips with
