Well, that didn’t take long. Just scarcely over 24 hours after boldly claiming that he had many CEOs to take the place of “grand-standers” who were fleeing his American Manufacturing Council like rats from a sinking ship, Donald Trump has haughtily decided to take his ball and go home by unceremoniously putting an end to both the council and Strategic and Policy Forum. Predictably, the president made the announcement via Twitter — perhaps while sitting on the toilet, or wherever else he makes his most crucial decisions.
Rather than putting pressure on the businesspeople of the Manufacturing Council & Strategy & Policy Forum, I am ending both. Thank you all!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 16, 2017
The move comes after the head of the Alliance for American Manufacturing and collective CEOs of Merck, Under Armour, Intel, and Campbell’s all decided to abandon the council following Trump’s initial non-condemnation of white supremacists after the Charlottesville tragedy, and then jaw-dropping remarks at Tuesday afternoon’s press conference. Likewise, it was rumored that the members of Trump’s Strategic and Policy Forum were considering disbanding, according to a New York Times report.
Of course, it’s perfectly within Trump’s character (or lack thereof) that he would fire the members of both councils before suffer the humiliation of seeing them quit, but that isn’t stopping people from soaking in the sweet satisfaction of him ticking off yet another failure to his presidency.
Trump was seeing CEOs flee his Manufacturing Council, so he disbanded it. Bet his dad canceled his bday parties, too, when no kids RSVPed.
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) August 16, 2017
From the Department of You Can't Fire Me, I Quit https://t.co/Rv6h2LlI7Z
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) August 16, 2017
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) August 16, 2017
https://twitter.com/michaelianblack/status/897867210395455489
https://twitter.com/nickbilton/status/897871334671237120
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/897875235088814082
Where are all the amazing people Trump was going to replace the grandstanders with yesterday???? 🤔🤔🤔#ManufacturingCouncil
— Alt Fed Employee (@Alt_FedEmployee) August 16, 2017
Excited to announce I'll be attending the Emmys with all the former members of the Manufacturing Council and Strategy and Policy Forum.
— billy eichner (@billyeichner) August 16, 2017
trump, 8/15:
Later for you quitting losers. I got so many people wanting to be on#ManufacturingCouncil.trump, 8/16: it's closed. pic.twitter.com/0DRs76hOsN
— BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ (@mmpadellan) August 16, 2017
https://twitter.com/CulturallyAlive/status/897889192058998799
https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/897877995750346757
https://twitter.com/Ethan_Booker/status/897890460617895936
Actual footage of @realDonaldTrump firing the Manufacturing Council & Strategy & Policy Forum so nobody else can quit #FakeNews #Leaked pic.twitter.com/3kvwu10ziB
— Irv Herblinger (@BreadPirateRob) August 16, 2017