Trump Wants To Team Up With Icahn, Use His Deal Making Skills For U.S. Trade

After announcing his presidential bid, saying “I will be the greatest jobs president that God ever created,” Donald Trump has an idea on who might best execute such an economic program. And his name is Carl Icahn, and he may want him to help negotiate trade deals. Trump knows the “smartest guys on Wall Street,” wants market practitioners and business leaders in government Trump knows his way around Wall Street, having most recently worked with the hedge fund manager when Icahn invested in Trump Taj Mahal bonds and in now on a path to take ownership of the troubled Atlantic…