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Trump Urged Washington to Stop Bank Mergers in 2004 Letter - The New York Times

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Though it is 13 years old, the unsolicited letter from Trump, when he was a New York real estate developer and businessman, to then-Treasury Secretary John Snow sheds some light on Trump's attitudes toward big banks, which he has alternately lambasted and embraced since becoming a politician.

As recently as May, Trump said he was looking at breaking up big banks, echoing a campaign theme from 2016. But as president, Trump has also promised to roll back bank regulations, and he has hired Goldman Sachs veterans as close advisers.

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