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Trump says ending two CEO advisory panels: tweet

August 16, 2017 1:31 PM EDT

U.S. President Donald Trump stops to respond to more questions about his responses to the violence, injuries and deaths at the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville as he walks away flanked by U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (L) and U.S. Secre

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump dismantled two CEO advisory panels on Wednesday as a growing number of chief executives announced their resignations following his response to a weekend of violence in Virginia that stoked racial tensions nationwide.

"Rather than putting pressure on the businesspeople of the Manufacturing Council & Strategy & Policy Forum, I am ending both. Thank you all!" Trump wrote on Twitter.

(Reporting by Susan Heavey; Editing by Bill Rigby)



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