Trump Abandons Plans To Form Infrastructure Advisory Council

In this Aug. 15, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump points to members of the media as he answers questions in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York. Republican leaders on Wednesday tiptoed around Trump's extraordinar... In this Aug. 15, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump points to members of the media as he answers questions in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York. Republican leaders on Wednesday tiptoed around Trump's extraordinary comments on white supremacists. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) MORE LESS

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is abandoning his plans to form an infrastructure advisory council.

It’s the third such industry council to be eliminated by the White House this week after the backlash to the president’s comments blaming “both sides” for the recent violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.

The White House says in a statement Thursday that the infrastructure council, which was still being formed, “will not move forward.”

The administration said Wednesday it was ending two other advisory councils made up primarily of business leaders, the Manufacturing Council and the Strategy & Policy Forum. The decision followed a series of announcements by CEOs that they were quitting the councils following Trump’s remarks.

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  1. Weird I thought he had a lot of CEOs that couldn’t wait to join up…ha ha ha no I didn’t…I do think I hear a loud sucking sound

  2. Avatar for zsak zsak says:

    Maybe he can organize a panel of Hate Group leaders.

  3. think he’s doing that as we speak

  4. Avatar for erik_t erik_t says:

    Low effort. Sad.

  5. That’s it, orange-boy. Throw in the towel. No one wants to join anyway. Advisory boards only work if the person they’re formed to help are open to taking advice…Let’s face it Grump, that ain’t you.

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