Political campaigns are about to get the Carl Icahn treatment that tech companies have grown oh-so-used to. Today, the activist investor said he has some strong opinions he'd like to share with the 2016 Presidential candidates—but of course he does.
"I'm going to be doing a whole presentation about what I think about the debt and about the market," Icahn told a group of reporters gathered at a press conference for Icahn's portfolio company Lyft. The billionaire was light on details about his proposals, but he did admit to having a soft spot for Donald Trump.
"I do think a lot of the things he says has to be done in this country or we’re going to have real problems," he said. "We may have them anyway."
Icahn added that Trump "hit a very important nerve in this country."
"The argument he’s not a politician is in his favor, not against his favor," Icahn said. But when asked whether he would accept the role of Secretary of Treasury, as Trump has suggested in the past, Icahn said he would decline: "I have my day job."
