President Donald Trump on Wednesday disbanded two of his economic councils after a wave of defections from high-profile CEOs, reports The Hill. “Rather than putting pressure on the businesspeople of the Manufacturing Council & Strategy & Policy Forum, I am ending both. Thank you all!” Trump wrote in a tweet disbanding his Manufacturing Advisory Council and the Strategic and Policy Forum. Both councils were already facing the loss of multiple members, The Hill.

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