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Why does Donald Trump want to repeal the Dodd-Frank rules on banks and finance? After a flurry of executive orders taking action on a range of campaign pledges - including building a wall with Mexico and enacting a travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries - President Donald Trump has finally turned his attention to the banks. Mr Trump is today expected to announce a review of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, sweeping aside legislation that was de