Trump Business Advisory Council

Trump was granted two extensions in filing the report and submitted it just before the deadline to avoid a $200 fine

Pretty much every US company has a vested interest in the policy choices of the US government

US President Donald Trump today disbanded his two business advisory councils after facing a string of resignations from the chief executives over his "ambiguous" response to violence by white supremacists in Charlottesville. Trump had established the Manufacturing Advisory Council in January after his swearing-in while the 16-member Strategic and Policy Forum was established in December when he was the president-elect. "Rather than putting pressure on the businesspeople of the Manufacturing Council & Strategy & Policy Forum, I am ending both. Thank you all!" Trump said in a tweet. As many as 11 CEOs in the advisory councils have quit so far. A majority of them resigned after criticism mounted over the US president's less-than-encouraging response to the weekend violence in Charlottesville, where a car rammed into a crowd peacefully protesting against the rally by white supremacists, killing a 32-year-old woman. News reports appeared that more CEOs were likely to leave his