The President's Strategic and Policy Forum was a business forum created by the U.S. President Donald Trump to give the president perspectives from business leaders on how to create jobs and improve growth for the U.S. economy. It consisted of 16 members chaired by Stephen A. Schwarzman, the co-founder of private equity firm The Blackstone Group, and started holding gatherings in February 2017.[1]

Following the withdrawal of several members, on August 16, 2017, Trump disbanded the Strategic and Policy Forum as well as the American Manufacturing Council.[2][3]

Members

Former members of the forum:[4]

* Resigned prior to dissolution.

Resignations and disbandment

Prior to its dissolution, a number of members had resigned, including Elon Musk (protesting against the US withdrawal from the Paris Climate agreement),[5] Travis Kalanick,[6][7] Bob Iger, Ken Frazier, Brian Krzanich, Kevin Plank, Stephen Schwarzman and Jamie Dimon. Most of the resignations were in protest of President Trump's statements regarding the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.[8]

On August 16, 2017, following five members' resignations, President Trump announced via Twitter he was disbanding the forum.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Trump Taps Steve Schwarzman, Jamie Dimon And Mary Barra For Advice On Job Creation, Growth". Forbes.
  2. ^ a b Gelles, David; Thomas, Landon Jr.; Kelly, Kate (August 16, 2017). "Trump Ends C.E.O. Advisory Councils as Main Group Acts to Disband". The New York Times. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
  3. ^ "Business councils disband over Trump remarks". BBC News. August 16, 2017.
  4. ^ Feloni, Richard. "Here are the 17 executives who met with Trump for his first business advisory council". Business Insider. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  5. ^ "President-Elect Trump Announces Additional Members of President's Strategic and Policy Forum". Donald Trump presidential transition official website. December 14, 2016. Archived from the original on September 5, 2017. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
  6. ^ Milliken, Grennan (December 14, 2016). "Trump Critic Elon Musk Chosen for Presidential Advisory Team". Motherboard. Vice Media LLC. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
  7. ^ Isaac, Mike (February 2, 2017). "Uber C.E.O. to Leave Trump Advisory Council After Criticism". The New York Times.
  8. ^ Edelman, Adam; Ruhle, Stephanie (August 17, 2017). "Trump Dissolves Business Advisory Councils as CEOs Quit". NBC News. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
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