Walmart chief executive Doug McMillon will continue to serve on the president’s economic advisory council. (Jason Ivester/AP)Walmart’s chief executive is the latest to speak out against President Trump’s response to violence by white supremacists in Charlottesville over the weekend. Despite the sharply worded criticism, McMillon plans to remain on the president’s economic advisory council, according to a spokesman for Walmart, which is the country’s largest employer. [Trump tweets he knows plenty of CEOs to replace the ‘grandstanders’ who resigned from his manufacturing council]Trump dismissed McMillon’s rebuke on Tuesday during a news conference at Trump Tower. “The head of Walmart, who I know, who is a very nice guy, was making a political statement,” he said.

Source: Washington Post August 15, 2017 21:33 UTC