As RedState reported, President Donald Trump delivered a speech virtually to the powerful attendees at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday, wasting no time before listing actions he's taken and accomplishments made in his first week back in office.
"What the world has witnessed in the past 72 hours is nothing less than a revolution of common sense," Trump stated. "Our country will soon be stronger, wealthier, and more united than ever before."
During the Q and A part of the event, Trump specifically took aim at Chase Bank CEO Jamie Dimon and Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan, accusing them of participating in the debanking/de-platforming of conservative accounts:
“I hope you start opening your bank to conservatives because many conservatives complain that the banks are not allowing them to do business within the bank, and that included a place called Bank of America,” Trump said.
“You and Jamie and everybody, I hope you’re going to open your banks to conservatives because what you’re doing is wrong,” Trump said.
“And I don’t know if the regulators mandated that because of Biden or what,” Trump also said.
Watch:
Trump To Bank Of America CEO: What You're Doing De-Banking Conservatives Is Wrong
— RCP Video (@rcpvideo) January 23, 2025
More - https://t.co/T0Y5snrMEx
TRUMP: Many conservatives complain that the banks are not allowing them to do business within the bank, and that included a place called Bank of America.
I don't… pic.twitter.com/v3j5RaDupG
Though Moynihan was part of the Q and A panel, he did not directly respond to Trump's claim.
But Bank of America put out a statement in the aftermath, denying they discriminate against conservatives:
— Bank of America (@BankofAmerica) January 23, 2025
Conservatives whose bank accounts with Bank of America were canceled without explanation had thoughts, including John Eastman, a former Trump attorney who has been a defendant in some cases related to the 2020 election:
So why, pray tell, did you cancel my and my wife's accounts after I had been a customer for nearly 40 years? And why did you refuse to tell me why? Here's the cancellation letter: https://t.co/nyfa4sSDYA https://t.co/YTKZUXAg6c
— John Eastman (@DrJohnEastman) January 24, 2025
And here's the BofA cancellation letter. pic.twitter.com/afxHlG0krY
— John Eastman (@DrJohnEastman) April 23, 2024
There was also this, something RedState also reported on at the time:
Tucker Carlson reveals that Bank of America was flagging the purchasing history of its customers and sending it to the federal government in order to find out if they were involved in the Capitol riot.
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) February 5, 2021
The feds later interrogated a customer who was cleared of wrongdoing. pic.twitter.com/QtwNv8EaWQ
Bank of America closed the comments but they were still hit with the Community Notes 🤣 https://t.co/EmMQcQ6e0r
— Alana Mastrangelo (@ARmastrangelo) January 24, 2025
Relatedly, there have also been Bank of America's politically tinged loan refusal policies in the name of gun control, something to which they openly admitted during Trump's first presidency.
Good on Trump for calling them out to their faces and bad on BOA for gaslighting consumers by playing the innocent act. The receipts are numerous, and say otherwise.
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