US Politics in Trump era
Publisher: NYTimes
Author: David Gelles
17 Aug 2017
Trump Ends C.E.O. Advisory Councils as Main Group Acts to Disband
President Trump’s main council of top corporate leaders disbanded on Wednesday following the president’s controversial remarks in which he equated white nationalist hate groups with the protesters opposing them. Soon after, the president announced on Twitter that he would end his executive councils, “rather than put pressure” on executives.