Early Monday morning, the head of the pharma giant Merck -- and one of America's most prominent black CEOs -- abruptly quit Trump's manufacturing council. Throughout the day, other CEOs on the manufacturing council condemned racism after the weekend's white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. But they also said they'd stay on the council so they could advise the government on ways to strengthen manufacturing. Frazier and Plank are not the first CEOs to drop out of a Trump advisory role. The clean energy advocate spoke publicly about wanting to advise Trump on climate issues, even though the president downplayed the problem.

Source: CNN August 14, 2017 22:16 UTC