# Professor Scott Galloway shares insights on why business leaders have distanced themselves from President Trump

1 Faculty News August 17, 2017 ![Financial Times logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_025699.jpg?itok=5SpaxEbn)>

Excerpt from the [Financial Times](https://www.ft.com/content/42884102-8290-11e7-a4ce-15b2513cb3ff) -- "'Companies tend to think of their consumers and shareholders first. They say, "I don’t want a Twitter riot" and then "I don’t want analysts to worry that it’s going to impact my short-term sales and take my stock down",' said Mr [Galloway](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/scott-galloway)."

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