How President Trump's business councils collapsed so quickly: A timeline
Things happen so quickly with the Trumpster. It is nice to just stroll through this article for the chain of events.
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How President Trump's business councils collapsed so quickly: A timeline
http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/16/news/companies/trump-business-council-timeline/index.html?iid=ob_article_hotListpool
by Olivia Chang @CNNMoney August 16, 2017: 5:11 PM ET
The CEOs who quit Trump's business councils
How did President Trump's two business advisory councils fall apart so quickly?
It started with one CEO standing up to Trump. The rest soon followed him out the door.
After a group of white supremacists rallied in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday, killing a counter-protester, President Trump delivered controversial remarks the next day.
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His speech drew widespread criticism. Many faulted him for his late response and for not denouncing the white supremacists by name.
Monday, August 14
--8 a.m. ET: Merck CEO Ken Frazier, one of very few black Fortune 500 CEOs, took the first step. He stepped down from President Trump's manufacturing council, saying "America's leaders must honor our fundamental values by clearly rejecting expressions of hatred, bigotry and group supremacy."
--8:54 a.m.: Trump tweets that Frazier will now "have more time to LOWER RIPOFF DRUG PRICES!"
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--1 p.m.: The president delivers a speech in which he calls the KKK, neo-Nazis and white supremacists 'repugnant.'
--8:14 p.m.: Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank resigns.
--10:32 p.m.: Intel CEO Brian Krzanich resigns.
Tuesday, August 15 ........................................
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