WASHINGTON/NEW YORK President Donald Trump disbanded two business advisory councils on Wednesday, following the resignations of CEO’s from the councils over the president’s remarks blaming violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, on white nationalists and also on the protesters who opposed them. Rather than putting pressure on the businesspeople of the Manufacturing Council & Strategy & Policy Forum, I am ending both. Thank you all! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 16, 2017 Trump announced the break-up after 3M’s Inge Thulin joined the chief executives leaving Trump’s American Manufacturing Council. pic.twitter.com/9uYGTu04WP — 3M (@3M) August 16, 2017 CNBC reported that the Strategic … Continue reading President Trump disbands independent business advisory boards