# Activist Hedge Fund Mgr. Carl Icahn to be Trump's Treasury Secretary **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 7, 2015, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/activist-hedge-fund-mgr-carl-icahn-to-be-trumps-treasury-secretary/727273 "2015-08-07T21:13:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/activist-hedge-fund-mgr-carl-icahn-to-be-trumps-treasury-secretary/727273/1 "2015-08-07T21:13:23Z")
> **[Icahn wants to be Trump's Treasury Secretary](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/08/07/icahn-says-yes-being-trumps-treasury-head/31299609/)** > > Billionaire investor and corporate agitator Carl Icahn said he would be Trump's Treasury Secretary > [@](#): > > Billionaire investor and corporate agitator Carl Icahn did a 180-degree turn Friday and said yes to Donald Trump’s offer to be his Treasury secretary if Trump were to win the U.S. presidential election. This could get interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/activist-hedge-fund-mgr-carl-icahn-to-be-trumps-treasury-secretary/727273/2 "2015-08-07T21:32:20Z")
Maybe he can do for the country what he did for TWA. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/activist-hedge-fund-mgr-carl-icahn-to-be-trumps-treasury-secretary/727273/3 "2015-08-07T21:35:22Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Maybe he can do for the country what he did for TWA. Crash and burn? ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/activist-hedge-fund-mgr-carl-icahn-to-be-trumps-treasury-secretary/727273/4 "2015-08-07T21:40:07Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Crash and burn? Not from St. Louis, I take it. Mention Icahn’s name in front of a St. Louisan over the age of about 35 or so, and watch their eyes go cold with hate. Sure, TWA had issues before Icahn got there to finish it off and strip the assets. But fuck that guy. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/activist-hedge-fund-mgr-carl-icahn-to-be-trumps-treasury-secretary/727273/5 "2015-08-07T22:29:41Z")
And don’t forget what he did to the Ozark pilots when he merged them into the TWA pilots payroll. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/activist-hedge-fund-mgr-carl-icahn-to-be-trumps-treasury-secretary/727273/6 "2015-08-08T01:48:13Z")
The offer was a joke and the acceptance is a joke, so interesting is not exactly the word I’d use. I do wonder when the last time was we had an 80-year-old cabinet member. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/activist-hedge-fund-mgr-carl-icahn-to-be-trumps-treasury-secretary/727273/7 "2015-08-11T18:45:53Z")
We can expect Secretary Icahn to sell off the less profitable states.