After losing support, #trump’s business and manufacturing councils are shutting down

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Two White House advisory councils that once included tech leaders like Elon Musk and Travis Kalanick have dissolved, after several members resigned over President Donald Trump’s weak condemnation of white supremacists. A member of the Strategic and Policy Forum told CNBC that it wanted to make a “more significant impact” by disbanding the entire group: “It makes a central point that it’s not going to go forward. It’s done.” Soon after, Trump took credit for shutting down both that group and a separate Manufacturing Council, “rather than putting pressure on the businesspeople.”

The councils’ members came from a range of industries, including several major Silicon Valley companies. Besides Musk and Kalanick, executives from Intel, IBM, and…

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