Trump disbands the Strategic and Policy Forum and American Manufacturing Council amid loss of support from member CEOs after Charlottesville comments
away from Trump Rhett Jones / Gizmodo : The 'Dude You're Getting a Dell' Guy Condemns Trump's Excuses for Nazis Mike Allen / Axios : Top Trump business group to disband amid Charlottesville tumult Kif Leswing / Business Insider : Here's why tech execs can't quit Trump's technology council Wall Street Journal : Trump's Business Councils Disband After CEOs Defect Kate Cox / Consumerist : Trump Manufacturing Council Disbanded After Additional CEOs Resign Daphne Howland / Retail Dive : UPDATED: Retail CEOs seek distance from Trump after Charlottesville comments Alan Boyle / GeekWire : Amid outcry, Trump disbands two business councils - but tech is a separate issue Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch : Trump Strategic and Policy Forum, which included IBM and GM CEOs, disbands Maggie McGrath / Forbes : CEOs Abandon Trump And Advisory Councils Fall Apart Sylvan Lane / The Hill : Trump's business advisory council disbands Jason Ma / Investor's Business Daily : Trump Fires His Business Advisory Panels Before All The CEOs Quit Tracybloomktla / KTLA : President Trump Disbands 2 White House Business Councils After More CEOs Quit Mike Allen / Axios : Rejected by CEOs, Trump abruptly shutters two business groups Patrick Kulp / Mashable : Trump is disbanding his councils of business leaders entirely after flood of resignations Bloomberg / Fortune : President Trump's Council of CEOs Is Disbanding Amid Outrage Over His Charlottesville Response Roger Yu / USA Today : Trump disbands economic councils as Charlottesville fallout continues Bryan Menegus / Gizmodo : Winning: Trump Dissolves Two Advisory Councils After Advisors Flee in Protest Miranda Leitsinger / KQED News : Trump Disbands 2 Business Advisory Councils After String of Resignations JD Rucker / Soshable : Stop cheering about business leaders leaving Trump's councils Ben Jacobs / The Guardian : Trump disbands business councils as CEOs flee after Charlottesville remarks CBS San Francisco : Trump's Business Advisory Councils Disbanded In Wake Of Charlottesville Comments Whitney Filloon / Eater : Campbell's CEO Bows to Public Pressure, Resigns From Trump Advisory Council Kristina Monllos / Adweek : Trump Shuts Down Manufacturing Council After More CEOs Resign in Protest Adam Rowe / TechCo : Trump Business Councils Are Disbanding After More CEOs Depart Mallory Locklear / Engadget : Trump dissolves two advisory councils, one of which already disbanded Tony Romm / Recode : President Trump disbanded two councils of business leaders advising him on economic issues Tweets: Donald J. Trump / @realdonaldtrump : Rather than putting pressure on the businesspeople of the Manufacturing Council & Strategy & Policy Forum, I am ending both. Thank you all! Kyle Griffin / @kylegriffin1 : Statement from IBM CEO Ginni Rometty to employees makes clear CEOs chose to disband the President's Strategy and Policy Forum, not Trump.pic.twitter.com/fsbo8cxvOx Jennifer Epstein / @jeneps : Companies very eager this hour to let reporters know they pulled out of the Trump councils before they were disbanded Kyle Griffin / @kylegriffin1 : “The thinking was it was important to do as a group,” a member told CNBC. “It would have more significant impact.” http://www.cnbc.com/... Christina Wilkie / @christinawilkie : This is an especially big blow for Trump. Schwarzman exemplifies the billionaire philanthropist Trump always wanted to be, but never was. http://twitter.com/... Jay Yarow / @jyarow : Member of the panel bailing on Trump: “there really was nothing to debate” after that press conference http://www.cnbc.com/... Paul Graham / @paulg : “The defections left Mr. Trump all but isolated from the business leaders whose approval he covets.” http://www.nytimes.com/... Dan Primack / @danprimack : Context: CEO council dedicated to prez's economic agenda disbands just weeks before WH kicks off tax reform push — jewel of its econ agenda Bob Bryan / @robertbryan4 : Statement from CEOs on Trump's main business council, participation “has become a distraction” from policy work http://read.bi/2v1SjNt pic.twitter.com/azaYYl4la8 Josh Dawsey / @jdawsey1 : One business type involved in Trump's WH efforts emails that councils were largely symbolic but brought powerful visuals for Trump. Dan Primack / @danprimack : CEO member of Obama econ council once told me: “Gotta get it all done in 1st yr, because of midterm politics.” He overestimated the runway. Kara Swisher / @karaswisher : No, really, I broke up with them! #loser http://twitter.com/... Dan Primack / @danprimack : Trump just 24 hrs ago: “For every CEO that drops out of the Manufacturing Council, I have many to take their place.” http://twitter.com/... Yashar Ali / @yashar : WSJ: It was Steve Schwarzman's decision to disband the councils, not Trump's. https://www.wsj.com/...