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Doodley

(8,976 posts)
Thu Aug 17, 2017, 05:58 PM Aug 2017

Trump Ends Council on Infrastructure as Presidency Disintegrates

(CNN)President Donald Trump has ended plans for an Advisory Council on Infrastructure, according to a White House official, ending a panel that was created by an executive order the President signed in July.

The move comes a day after Trump disbanded two other councils -- the Manufacturing Council and the Strategy & Policy Forum -- after business leaders, CEOs and union leaders began fleeing the groups in response to the President blaming "both sides" for violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. The councils were largely undermined by the departures but Trump tweeted that he was disbanding the panels rather than pressuring business leaders to stay.

Trump's infrastructure council was still being formed but the President decided to end the process, the official said. No reason was given.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/17/politics/trump-ends-council-on-infrastructure/index.html

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Trump Ends Council on Infrastructure as Presidency Disintegrates (Original Post) Doodley Aug 2017 OP
a minority elected a 'president' that has nothing spanone Aug 2017 #1
I'm sure the reason was no decent company workinclasszero Aug 2017 #2
Abandons his Infrastructure Council during Infrastructure Week! leftstreet Aug 2017 #3
Poetic justice at it's finest! KelleyKramer Aug 2017 #5
This is what Trump calls WINNING! Doodley Aug 2017 #4
He is SUCH a child. trof Aug 2017 #6
The walls are caving in on one DJ Trump Mr. Ected Aug 2017 #7
 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
2. I'm sure the reason was no decent company
Thu Aug 17, 2017, 05:59 PM
Aug 2017

wanted to be associated with the nazi stormtrooper-in-charge!

trof

(54,255 posts)
6. He is SUCH a child.
Thu Aug 17, 2017, 07:32 PM
Aug 2017

A pouty little boy who says "If THEY won't play with ME, then...well...I just won't play with THEM! SO THERE! NYAH NYAH NYAH"
Our Commander in Chief.

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