Trumps Council of C.E.O.s in Disarray Following Remarks on Protest
Source: NY Times
President Trumps main council of top corporate leaders appeared on the verge of disbanding on Wednesday, said people briefed on the matter, following controversial remarks from Mr. Trump on Tuesday when he equated white nationalist hate groups with the protesters opposing them.
Late Wednesday morning, Stephen A. Schwarzman, the chief executive of the Blackstone Group and one of Mr. Trumps closest confidants in the business community, organized a conference call for members of the presidents Strategic and Policy Forum.
On the call, the chief executives of some of the largest companies in the country were debating how to proceed.
One option under serious consideration was disbanding the forum altogether.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/16/business/trumps-council-ceos.html
Freethinker65
(10,024 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,734 posts)titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)He always prided himself as a big boy big bidness leader and negotiator. Now he will have an empty room in his Strategic and Policy Forum conference room. He must be seething at the moment. Wonder who will get his wrath and be fired before end of day?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,734 posts)He couldn't stand it that people were abandoning it.
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(10,098 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,015 posts)what a deplorable human being
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)That idjit keeps my phone and ipad rocking with breaking banners.