3 CEOs quit manufacturing council over Trump's response to rally violence

Washington

THE chief executives of Intel Corp, Merck & Co Inc and Under Armour Inc resigned from US President Donald Trump's American Manufacturing Council on Monday, following Mr Trump's initially tepid response to weekend violence at a rally of white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia.

"I resigned from the council to call attention to the serious harm our divided political climate is causing to critical issues ... " Intel chief executive Brian Krzanich said in a blog post.

Kenneth Fraizer, the chief executive of drugmaker Merck and an African-American, said he left the advisory council because of the president's reaction after the violence between white supremacists and counter protesters. Mr Frazier …