Trump Promotes Lower Taxes and Other Pro-Business Policies During Historic NYSE Visit [Video]

Donald Trump promised to lower corporate taxes and expedite permitting before an exuberant crowd at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday.

Trump, surrounded by family and cabinet nominees including potential Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and possible Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., rang the opening bell at the NYSE, where he was given a warm welcome by traders and business leaders. Goldman Sachs (GS) CEO David Solomon, Citigroup (C) chief Jane Fraser, and Verizon’s (VZ) Hans Vestberg were among the attendees.

“We’re going to be cutting taxes still further,” Trump told CNBC’s Jim Cramer from the trading floor. “You pay 21 [percent] if you don’t build here … and if you do we’re going to try getting it down to 15 percent, but you have to build your product, make your product in the U.S.A.”

Trump also said in remarks earlier in the morning that he would give “a very expedited …