Donald Trump unveiled an economic team that's a mirror image of the candidate and his campaign: They're mostly outside the Republican, Wall Street and academic establishments, and they're all men.
The lineup is heavy on aging billionaires who run their own enterprises — just like Trump — and includes financiers John Paulson, Andy Beal and Stephen Feinberg. Economists David Malpass, Peter Navarro and Stephen Moore are also listed as advisers to the Republican presidential candidate.
"There's been this divide between the establishment Republicans and the Trump candidacy," said Douglas Holtz-Eakin, president of the Washington-based American Action Forum and a former adviser to Republican John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign. "It's reflected in the advisors. You don't have the standard list of establishment conservatives."
None of the big Wall Street banks, such as Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co., are represented. Such prominent Republican academic advisers as Glenn Hubbard of the Columbia Business School and Gregory Mankiw of Harvard University also aren't included.
Also missing: Carl Icahn, whom Trump has touted as possible Treasury secretary in his administration.
Trump called the team "a formidable group of experienced and talented individuals" that will help him rebuild an economy that he charges has been decimated by the Democrats and their policies.
The announcement of his advisors comes ahead of a speech Monday to the Detroit Economic Club that could help Trump refocus his campaign after a string of feuds and missteps was capped Thursday by post-convention polls showing him trailing Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
Tax Overhaul
Trump will be "broadening" the economic plan he has already offered and deal with tax cuts, "tax repatriation" and deregulation, campaign chairman Paul Manafort said on Fox News.
In an interview on Bloomberg Television, Moore said the tax overhaul will be one of the biggest tax cuts since Ronald Reagan. A big part of it will be a reduction in the corporate tax rate to 15%, Moore said, adding later that the overall proposal will result in a revenue loss of about $3 trillion.
Like the candidate himself, the economic team includes a number of people known for bucking conventional thinking. Paulson, president of Paulson & Co., is famous for raking in millions betting against the housing boom in 2007. Beal has made a fortune buying distressed assets, including debt backed by jetliners following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Also among the advisors: Harold Hamm, the chief executive officer of Continental Resources Inc. and a pioneer in the development of shale oil.
