Amid rising tensions within the Trump administration, following alt-right protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, the president has dissolved his Strategic and Policy Forum, which has included CEOs and business leaders from the automotive industry, first reported by CNBC.
Namely, General Motors CEO Mary Barra was an essential part of the panel and was the only leader to represent the U.S. auto industry. Former Ford CEO Mark Fields left following his ouster at the company and Tesla CEO Elon Musk quit after President Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris Climate Accord.
The president tweeted the news of the panel’s disbandment just as members began to leave their seats at the table over the president’s remarks surrounding the violence that occurred this past weekend.
“Rather than putting pressure on the businesspeople of the Manufacturing Council & Strategy & Policy Forum, I am ending both. Thank you all!” the president wrote.
Just yesterday, President Trump‘s forum said Barra remained committed to the group and there was “no change” to her membership. Today, the forum no longer exists, which was meant to provide a link between the private sector and federal government. Activist groups have called for CEOs to step down from their membership of the forum, of which many obliged. Barra, it seems, was not swayed.
Having a seat at the table with the President of the United States is no consolation prize, and it’s likely Barra was willing to ride out any backlash in favor of what could have been accomplished. Thanks to what may be a dose of fortunate luck, she won’t have to make that serious decision herself.
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1. You should probably just disable comments for this one.
2. There is no way in hell Trump actually wanted to disband this group, it was 100% driven by the remaining group members.
sarcasm? i had to ask because every time trump puts his foot in his mouth(daily occurrence), we later learn he was being sarcastic. i thought it might be spreading.
1. Disable comments because Pudnucker is a PC Snowflake who can’t handle the very same criticism his ‘team’ has been dishing out for years. Sorry Puddy, the earth ain’t 4chan, and you can’t ‘block’ us from reality.
2. So Trump lost then, right? Are you claiming that everyone wanting to leave him dumped and alone was a ‘great victory’ right?
If I understand correctly, there were two advisory councils. One was the “Strategy and Policy Forum,” which was the main group. The other was the “Manufacturing Council,” which Barra belonged to.
I bring this up because it’s important to note that, according to reports, the members of the Strategy and Policy Forum themselves choose to disband the council. Trump’s “decision” to “end both” was certainly not about taking pressure off council participants, it was about getting ahead of the situation before the remaining members of the manufacturing council also fled.
Trump’s claims yesterday that some of the executives that had already left were leaving “out of embarrassment because they make their products outside” was entirely nonsensical and, like everything out of his mouth, factually inaccurate, self-serving, and downright embarrassing.
President Trump is still President…And now the Democrat big business types have absolutely no power to sway him anymore…Trump wins again.
No wonder President Trump’s enemies lost to him in the first place. They just do not get it…
The Congressional elections next year will swing the political power to the Democratic side, and Trump will have even less support. I seriously doubt he will be re-elected in 2020.
People who lose to trump are his enemies? Oh, so that list includes:
Reince Priebus
Mitch McConnell
John McCain
Gen. Flynn
Gen. Kelly (Did you see his face yesterday?)
“Mooch” Scaramucci
Jared Kushner (now facing a lifetime of congressional inquiries similar to Clinton-Whitewater)
Breitbart (now has Generals chasing him)
etc etc etc etc etc etc
Gee, “No wonder Trump’s enemies lost to him”…
(You need more? How about literally nobody will take a job offer from him anymore, so he had to appoint one of his Miss America’s to take charge of America’s Communications Office)
Yep, Barra got lucky on this — all the protesters focused on the other council and its CEO members (e.g., Campbell’s; Pepsi; Dow) and her name and GM stayed out of the news.
Not having to answer, to either side, about her staying/withdrawing from the council will make her life, and GM’s, easier.
I sold my GM stock because she did not act on his ignorant actions!
Dudes a clown plain and simple…
The only clowns I see in all of this, are those on the left, who will be packing up their desks, after the next congressional election. Why, because they are about self, and their own Agenda.