Trump scraps forums as business leaders flee

Advisory group of executives 'had voted to disband' over Virginia violence remarks

US president Donald Trump answers questions about Virginia violence at Trump Tower. Pic: Getty)

Only a day after Donald Trump labelled the growing number ofchief executives quitting his business council“grandstanders” who, in some cases, were hurting ordinary Americans, the president tweeted that he would abolish the advisory groups rather than put pressure on executives to stay.

His announcement came within an hour of reports that one of the groups - a forum of top finance and business executives - was planning to disband.

It appeared to ...