Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Disney chief Robert Iger stepped down from their roles on White House advisory councils following Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement. Former Uber chief executive Travis Kalanick, too, said he would no longer participate in a White House economic council, following an uproar in February over Trump’s travel ban. Merck CEO Kenneth C. Frazier, left, talks to President Trump during a meeting with pharmaceutical industry leaders at the White House on Jan. 31, 2017. Frazier, chief executive of Merck since 2011, has not been shy about wading into sensitive issues. I applaud his decision to step down from the Council,” Roy Vagelos, former chairman and chief executive of Merck said in a statement.

Source: Washington Post August 15, 2017 00:10 UTC