Bloomberg Businessweek Debrief: Tom Barrack

Trump Knows Exactly What He’s Doing: Tom Barrack on the President

The real estate lion and close friend of POTUS talks with Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Megan Murphy about taxes, tweets, tradition, and disruption.

Thomas Barrack, founder of Colony Capital and executive chairman of Colony NorthStar, was interviewed on June 6 in New York City by Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Megan Murphy. Following are excerpts from their discussion, which appear in the June 12-18, 2017, edition of the magazine.

Megan Murphy: When I called you to discuss what we wanted to talk about, you said, “Well, no one really wants to hear from me about the yield curve. Everyone wants to talk about Donald Trump and the administration.” So let’s cut to the chase. Is there a method to the madness we’re seeing in Washington right now?