President Donald Trump is acting like the CEO of USA Inc. Is it the strategy America needs?

This essay appeared in the Jan. 24, 2025 edition of the Fortune 500 Digest newsletter, which rounds up the headlines driving the week’s most important business news and coverage of Fortune 500 companies. Subscribe to receive it in your inbox every Saturday morning.

What is it like to be a Fortune 500 CEO during the second Trump administration? I ask that question every time I meet with one in a closed-door setting, including a half-dozen CEOs I met this week in Davos, where Trump and his associates showed up in force.