Ah! Trump had caught wind they had planned to disband themselves, so he beat them to the punch!
He is so hard to keep up with.
Sat 8/12 Noon – Charlottesville riot happens
Sat 8/12 3 PM – Trump blames incident on “many sides”
Sun 8/13 – Protests around the country
Mon 8/14 – Frazier (Merck), Plank (UnderArmor), Krzanich (Intel) quit council
Mon 8/14 – Trump states “racism is evil”
Tue 8/15 – Trump states “I think there is blame on both sides,” the president said in a combative exchange with reporters at Trump Tower in Manhattan. “You had a group on one side that was bad. You had a group on the other side that was also very violent. Nobody wants to say that. I’ll say it right now.”
Tues 8/15 – Trump tweets “For every CEO that drops out of the Manufacturing Council, I have many to take their place. ”
Tues 8/15 – Trumka (AFL-CIO), Paul (AAM), Lee (AFL-CLO) quit council
Wed 8/16 – Thulin (3M), Morrison (Campbell), Gorsky (J&J), Hayes (UT) resign from Council
Wed 8/16 – Trump and Business Council both decide to disband
