Less than an hour after Frazier, who is African American, resigned from the council, Trump lambasted him in a tweet. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 14, 2017A few hours later, Trump attacked Frazier again. But like Plank, Krzanich was very enthusiastic to work with Trump. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, resigned from the White House business advisory and manufacturing councils, and Robert Iger, CEO of Disney, resigned from the business council, citing their views on climate change. — Robert Iger (@RobertIger) June 1, 2017In June, Washington Post economic columnist Steven Perlstein argued it was time for the CEOs on the business council to leave Trump.

Source: Washington Post August 15, 2017 18:45 UTC