Trump disbands CEO councils as business leaders desert
Source: Politico
'I am ending both,' he tweets.
Updated 08/16/2017 01:29 PM EDT
Faced with a stampede of CEO defections, President Donald Trump tweeted early this afternoon that he was disbanding both of his advisory groups of business leaders.
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The president's tweet followed the announcements Wednesday that the leaders of Minnesota-based 3M and Campbell Soup had quit his manufacturing council, while a second strategic and advisory group was on the verge of collapse.
"Racism and murder are unequivocally reprehensible and are not morally equivalent to anything else that happened in Charlottesville," said Denise Morrison, the head of Campbell Soup, who became the 8th executive to announce in a statement that she was leaving the manufacturing council. "I believe the President should have been and still needs to be unambiguous on that point."
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Trump's strategic and advisory council a separate group chaired by key ally Steven Schwarzman, the head of Blackstone was reportedly on the verge of disbanding, CNBC and the New York Times reported.
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Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/16/inge-thulin-3m-quits-trump-manufacturing-council-241705
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to DonViejo for finding a link for me. Thank you.
Here is his tweet:
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Maggie Haberman Retweeted
Donald J. Trump?Verified account @realDonaldTrump 9m9 minutes ago
Rather than putting pressure on the businesspeople of the Manufacturing Council & Strategy & Policy Forum, I am ending both. Thank you all!
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FUCK YOU Mike Dell!!
President Trump alone has succeeded in bringing the Stock Market, Small Business Index and Consumer Comfort to ALL TIME HIGHS!
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