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U.S. presidential business forum
The President's Strategic and Policy Forum was a business forum created by the
U.S. President
Donald Trump to give the president perspectives from business leaders on how to create jobs and improve growth for the U.S. economy. It consisted of 16 members chaired by
Stephen A. Schwarzman , the co-founder of
private equity firm
The Blackstone Group , and started holding gatherings in February 2017.
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Following the withdrawal of several members, on August 16, 2017, Trump disbanded the Strategic and Policy Forum as well as the
American Manufacturing Council .
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Members
Former members of the forum:
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* Resigned prior to dissolution.
Resignations and disbandment
Prior to its dissolution, a number of members had resigned, including
Elon Musk (protesting against the
US withdrawal from the
Paris Climate agreement ),
[5]
Travis Kalanick ,
[6]
[7]
Bob Iger , Ken Frazier, Brian Krzanich, Kevin Plank,
Stephen Schwarzman and
Jamie Dimon . Most of the resignations were in protest of President Trump's statements regarding the 2017
Unite the Right rally in
Charlottesville, Virginia .
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On August 16, 2017, following five members' resignations, President Trump announced via Twitter he was disbanding the forum.
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See also
References
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"Trump Taps Steve Schwarzman, Jamie Dimon And Mary Barra For Advice On Job Creation, Growth" .
Forbes .
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a
b Gelles, David; Thomas, Landon Jr.; Kelly, Kate (August 16, 2017).
"Trump Ends C.E.O. Advisory Councils as Main Group Acts to Disband" .
The New York Times . Retrieved August 16, 2017 .
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"Business councils disband over Trump remarks" .
BBC News . August 16, 2017.
^ Feloni, Richard.
"Here are the 17 executives who met with Trump for his first business advisory council" . Business Insider . Retrieved August 15, 2017 .
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"President-Elect Trump Announces Additional Members of President's Strategic and Policy Forum" .
Donald Trump presidential transition official website. December 14, 2016. Archived from
the original on September 5, 2017. Retrieved December 20, 2016 .
^ Milliken, Grennan (December 14, 2016).
"Trump Critic Elon Musk Chosen for Presidential Advisory Team" . Motherboard . Vice Media LLC. Retrieved December 15, 2016 .
^ Isaac, Mike (February 2, 2017).
"Uber C.E.O. to Leave Trump Advisory Council After Criticism" .
The New York Times .
^ Edelman, Adam; Ruhle, Stephanie (August 17, 2017).
"Trump Dissolves Business Advisory Councils as CEOs Quit" . NBC News . Retrieved August 17, 2017 .