Trump Disbands His Business Advisory Council

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President Donald Trump disbanded both his Manufacturing and Strategic and Policy Forum Councils Wednesday afternoon, after a number of CEOs dropped out following his response to the Charlottesville protests.

“Rather than putting pressure on the businesspeople of the Manufacturing Council & Strategy & Policy Forum, I am ending both. Thank you all!” Trump tweeted.

Twelve of the 28 members of the president’s Manufacturing Advisory Council had already dropped out as of Wednesday afternoon, with more than a handful citing the president’s failure to specifically call out white supremacist groups and denounce acts of violence committed in Charlottesville Friday and Saturday.

The CEOs of Under Armour, Merck & Co., Inc., and Intel dropped out of the council Monday, followed soon after by Richard Trumka and Thea Lee of AFL-CIO.

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