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August 17, 2017

Trump Disbands Advisory Councils as CEOs Resign over Charlottesville Response
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Their statement came as President Trump disbanded a pair of business
advisory councils Wednesday as more CEOs exited the groups in protest of
Trump's failure to fully condemn white nationalists. After the heads of
3M and the Campbell Soup Company became the latest to resign Wednesday,
Trump tweeted, "Rather than putting pressure on the businesspeople of
the Manufacturing Council & Strategy & Policy Forum, I am ending both.
Thank you all!" According to reports, President Trump knew at that point
that the business leaders were all quitting the councils.


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