In a few weeks, Howard Schultz will be stepping down as CEO of Starbucks, a move that was first announced in December. An outspoken Democrat, Schultz made headlines in late January by loudly condemning Donald Trump’s first travel ban. In his rebuke of Trump, Schultz announced that Starbucks was committing to hiring 10,000 refugees, a statement that appears to have damaged the company’s popularity and sales — but endeared Schultz even more to Democrats, who are “definitely” pursuing him as a presidential candidate for 2020.
When the firestorm over Trump’s first executive order on immigration and refugees was in full force, Schultz added his voice to the chorus of leftists decrying the order as inhumane and un-American, but took it further by vowing that Starbucks was committing to a self-imposed quota of hiring 10,000 refugees over the next five years. Here is how he began his lengthy response to Trump’s order:
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