--- ---  # President Trump Loves Roundtables With CEOs. Here’s Why by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Feb 17, 2017 4:29 PM UTC  President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hold a roundtable discussion on women entrepreneurs and business leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on Feb. 13, 2017. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hold a roundtable discussion on women entrepreneurs and business leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on Feb. 13, 2017.Saul Loeb—AFP/Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Feb 17, 2017 4:29 PM UTC President Trump likes to sit around tables with business leaders. In the first few weeks of his Administration, the New York real estate mogul has met with the [CEOs of America’s 12 largest companies](http://www.businessinsider.com/business-leaders-trump-white-house-meeting-2017-1), [held a roundtable with female CEOs and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau](http://fortune.com/2017/02/13/ivanka-trump-women-justin-trudeau/), [had a discussion with retail CEOs](http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-retail-ceos-trump-meeting-20170215-story.html) and [chatted with airline CEOs](http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/todayinthesky/2017/02/07/white-house-says-airline-concerns-focus-us-jobs/97615160/). The meetings haven’t produced much in the way of policy news, but they have produced great visuals for the Trump Administration. Trump, in particular, likes to be seen as a business executive, and the visuals from these meetings help reinforce that image. Here’s a closer look at how the White House uses this tactic. Donald Trump: Meetings With CEOs Make Him Look Good ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4674846/president-trump-loves-roundtables-with-ceos-heres-why/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4674846/president-trump-loves-roundtables-with-ceos-heres-why/"},"headline":"President Trump Loves Roundtables With CEOs. Here’s Why","datePublished":"2017-02-17T16:29:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T03:24:22.040Z","description":"President Trump likes to sit around tables with business leaders.","url":"https://time.com/4674846/president-trump-loves-roundtables-with-ceos-heres-why/","keywords":["Donald Trump","White House","Business topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte126bd5c9154fc56/6988ba1d656a3ffd16bcec33/trump-meeting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ryan Teague Beckwith","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte126bd5c9154fc56/6988ba1d656a3ffd16bcec33/trump-meeting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-CANADA-DIPLOMACY-TRUMP-TRUDEAU","caption":"President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hold a roundtable discussion on women entrepreneurs and business leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on Feb. 13, 2017.","creditText":"Saul Loeb—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4674846/president-trump-loves-roundtables-with-ceos-heres-why/","name":"President Trump Loves Roundtables With CEOs. Here’s Why"}}]}] ```