That view is “dated,” he said. Furthermore, immense volatility in American trade policy has pushed investors and businesses to rethink their capital strategies in the U.S., Pellicciotti said. Investors are now looking abroad for investment opportunities out of fear they can’t rely on solid economic policy in the U.S.
“The rules-based order that has dominated for nearly a century is undergoing an immense stress test, and those with the wealth and capital to insulate themselves and adapt to this new reality are going to do so,” Pellicciotti said.
Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs said House Republicans are executing the play President Trump called for by reducing health care spending to fund tax cuts for wealthy Americans. The impact, said Frerichs, will be that millions of Americans lose access to health care, including hundreds of thousands in Illinois.
“States don’t have an extra $715 billion in revenue,” said Frerichs. “What Trump Republicans are proposing is a budget that takes the taxes you pay the federal government and drastically cuts the programs that keep hearts ticking and cancer at bay to afford tax cuts for the rich.”
He complained that costs for groceries, clothing and electronics are rising as a result of Trump’s “chaotic, incoherent tariff war,” while the overall agenda will lead to “taxing Barbies and G.I. Joes, if you can even find them on store shelves.”
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“In reality, it preserves and strengthens Medicaid for children, mothers, people with disabilities and the elderly—for whom the program was designed.”
Pellicciotti, during Monday’s call, said the combination of cuts to health care services and infrastructure, coupled with tax changes and trade policy, would to tectonic shifts that will erode the economic environment.
“Given additional capital via tax breaks, we would expect that wealthy investors will continue to move their money overseas,” said Pellicciotti. “The finance industry and private equity firms are going to do what earns their clients the greatest profit.”
