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Disbanding of the Strategic and Policy Forum, 16 August 2017

On 16 August 2017 the forum’s members agreed to dissolve it, and President Trump tweeted that he was ending it and the Manufacturing Council.

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On 16 August 2017 the leaders of the President’s Strategic and Policy Forum and then Donald Trump announced its end. NBC’s sources said nine members had decided to drop out individually by Tuesday night.

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President's Strategic and Policy Forum the body dissolved Scholarship & press 1
Donald Trump tweeted that he was ending the forum Scholarship & press 1
Stephen A. Schwarzman chairman; notified the White House, according to NBC’s sources Scholarship & press 1
Larry Fink member; told BlackRock staff he had decided to resign Scholarship & press 2

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Trump Dissolves Business Advisory Councils as CEOs Quit, NBC News, 16 Aug 2017. Scholarship & press
We believe the debate over Forum participation has become a distraction from our well-intentioned and sincere desire to aid vital policy discussions on how to improve the lives of everyday Americans.
Rather than putting pressure on the businesspeople of the Manufacturing Council & Strategy & Policy Forum, I am ending both. Thank you all!
Schwarzman then notified the White House.
Here's the memo Larry Fink, the head of the world's largest investor, just sent to staff about Trump's council, Business Insider, 16 Aug 2017. Scholarship & press
Unfortunately, after the last few days, I concluded that I could no longer in good conscience participate in the Forum.

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