I recently attended an educational session for board members of private companies. Common themes included uncertainty, confusion, building costly redundancy in supply chains, and the need for agility. But not once did the CEOs and directors mention a significant root cause behind these trends: the Trump administration and its policies. In private, Trump is frequently criticized, as evidenced by the reporting from a Yale University meeting of CEOs. · His tariff policy has been costly, according to 2/3 of the businesses in attendance. · Uncertainty is reducing investments. · They are concerned about Trump’s shift toward state-sponsored capitalism, as reported in The Wall Street Journal. · On net, Trump is bad for business, Forbes summarizes from the meeting. Yet publicly, the business community and its leaders have remained silent or conciliatory. Why the silence? It is a whole new world, and a scary…