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.
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