****** BREAKING****** Fourth executive has left president's council

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Scott Paul, Alliance for American Manufacturing

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Let's make his Council so small they can meet in a bathroom.

[hlthe2b]

1. I hope it is DOW Chemical

[KT2000]

8. he will stay till the bitter end

he owes for the executive order.

[Me.]

2. Who Is It?

[SweetieD]

3. Dramatic title who is it?

[Leghorn21]

4. "KeepitmadeinUSA" guy: (per Kyle Griffin)

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On edit, from Kyle:

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[leftstreet]

5. And so far the ONLY one Trump has attacked: the black guy!

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Donald J. Trump?Verified account @realDonaldTrump Aug 14
Now that Ken Frazier of Merck Pharma has resigned from President's Manufacturing Council,he will have more time to LOWER RIPOFF DRUG PRICES!
53,156 replies 20,894 retweets 84,216 likes

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Donald J. Trump?Verified account @realDonaldTrump 17h17 hours ago
.@Merck Pharma is a leader in higher & higher drug prices while at the same time taking jobs out of the U.S. Bring jobs back & LOWER PRICES!

[PearliePoo2]

6. Excellent, may the dam burst!

Expect insulting tweet from BLOTUS coming soon!

[Gothmog]

7. Rats and a sinking ship

[Turn CO Blue]

9. Ha ha. I hope it's a race to not be the last CEO still on that council.

[workinclasszero]

10. Is the AFL-CIO union guy still on it?

That is beyond shameful to me.

[irisblue]

11. Richard Trumpka is on the council as well.

[workinclasszero]

12. Sickening

Wow Trump and his damn party are as anti union as you can get!

WTF is the AFL-CIO thinking??

[NewJeffCT]

19. I'm guessing

they figured it was better to have somebody on the council than have nobody and no voice

[workinclasszero]

20. Well if you want to witness the destruction of the working class and unions

you could get no better seat for sure.

I still don't understand the AFL-CIO's reasoning though.

[JusticeForAll]

30. If you're not at the table, you are on the menu....

n/t

[onit2day]

35. To infiltrate and to represent unions. In Germany

most corporate boards must have union members on them to vote for union's agenda.

[NewJeffCT]

36. UPDATE - Trumpka and the other union rep

have both resigned from the council.

Link to tweet

[obamanut2012]

18. fuck him

[WePurrsevere]

24. Word is that he's reassessing being on it...

http://www.thedailybeast.com/afl-cio-chief-richard-trumka-reassessing-role-in-trump-council

Considering they haven't even had a real meeting yet it sounds to me like the Grandstander-in-chief did it for political appearances more than honest to goodness input.

[Sunlei]

13. surprised how few American-made- USA corporations there are on presidents group & 3 or 2 are Unions

[sunonmars]

14. This is like they are all doing this drip by drip for maximum effect....looks coordinated :)

[Johnny2X2X]

15. Humiliating to Trump

All Trump has ever wanted his entire life is to be taken seriously by real CEOs. This is absolutely the most painful thing he could have happen as it embarrasses him badly.

Trump will always be white trash. Would love to see the rest of the counsel leave, and would love to see him get hammered by them on the way out with statements like, "Trump is a petulant child who is wasting my time."

[smirkymonkey]

28. I know, and it's great! Another blow to his pathetic little ego!

I hope this means that the tide is starting to turn against him. By now, anyone with half a brain should be able to see that being associated with this man in any way is going to leave a lasting mark on their reputation.

[Rainngirl]

16. Huh.

"Because it's the right thing for me to do." That's not something you hear from a republican very often (ever)!

[George II]

17. According to The Hill, he's the fifth to resign (they include Elon Musk who resigned months ago):

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/346614-fifth-leader-resigns-from-trumps-manufacturing-jobs-council

I saw on CNN this morning that Musk has called on everyone to resign.

[flying-skeleton]

21. He's still a dumbass for ...

joining the Shitgibbon's council in the first place

[zentrum]

22. Drown it in a bathtub!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

23. I wouldn't get any hopes up that they'd all resign.

Probably not even a majority. Worse yet, those who stay will be the ones most committed to Trump's agenda.

[BumRushDaShow]

27. List of others who plan to stay

<...>

At least seven companies or executives said that they would remain with the council, which was formed in January to advise Trump on manufacturing growth -- a focus of the president's campaign.

General Electric (GE) said the company has "no tolerance for hate, bigotry or racism." But it added that chairman Jeff Immelt would stay on the council because it was important for GE to "participate in the discussion on how to drive growth and productivity in the U.S." Representatives for at least five other companies -- Dow Chemical (DOW), Whirlpool (WHR), Campbell Soup (CPB), International Paper (IP) and Nucor (NUE) -- voiced similar sentiments.

They all released statements that condemned racism or welcomed tolerance. But they also said they'd stay on the council so they could advise the government on ways to strengthen manufacturing.

One other member, Dell, said there was "no change" in how it is "engaging with the Trump administration" on policy issues that affect the company.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/15/news/trump-charlottesville-ceos/index.html

These folks need to understand that this "Council" is nothing more than a P.R. stunt. Wilbur Ross and Alex Acosta should be spearheading meetings with this group yet as I understand, they have yet to really meet. Boycott time!

[leftyladyfrommo]

25. They were all probably looking for any excuse to get out of that mess.

This a perfect chance for them to bail with some dignity.

[Mr.Bill]

26. May they all be forever tainted

by even meeting with and normalizing Trump to begin with.

[Honeycombe8]

29. Mr. President, your administration is crumbling. nt

[not fooled]

31. dump's gonna end up

bitter and all alone in the bunker.

[dembotoz]

32. if we make the council so small they can meet in a bathroom, the gop will want to look in folks pant

to check their genders

[joanbarnes]

33. ..and drown in the bathtub.

[VMA131Marine]

34. My former brother-in-law

Don't ask!

[MadDAsHell]

37. Confused as to why an American jobs council has become a target.

I get and fully support going after Trump 100%, but there are a million ways to do that. I'm perplexed that the primary and most popular tactic is to enthusiastically try to eliminate a council whose entire purpose is to protect and create American jobs. How is that affecting Trump in the least?

I get the whole "you can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs," but if the eggs are fellow American workers?

I fully get trying to undermine a malicious and stolen presidency, but why at the expense of workers? He has a million policy positions that would be much more logical to object to than creating American jobs.

[uppityperson]

38. This "council" is only a pr stunt. Quitting in protest at his supporting extremism, racism,

terrorism hurts no one but Trump's ego and standing.