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Corporate America dumps CEO president

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4.458 Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2017

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Donald Trump’s inflammatory comments about white supremacists have lost him the support and advice of business leaders, leaving him increasingly isolated and ineffectual. Qatar’s stake in the LSE may prompt Saudi Aramco to shun the exchange for its IPO. Plus: M&A for the MAGA era. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.4

Donald Trump's abysmal response to the Charlottesville white supremacist rally has effectively

0:38.7

killed his relationship with corporate America. And the fallout from the diplomatic and economic

0:43.8

boycott of Qatar by its neighbours could reach as far as London. These are the issues we'll be

0:49.1

tackling later in this week's views room, a weekly conversation among breaking views colonists

0:53.3

about the ups and downs of the world of finance.

0:55.9

I'm Anthony Curry, and back from her jaunt to America's South is my co-host, Jennifer Saber. Hi, Jen.

1:00.6

Hello. Donald Trump is losing the support of the country's business leaders.

1:05.0

His inexcusable unwillingness to condemn Nazis and white supremac groups over last weekend's rally in Virginia has prompted

1:11.8

several chief executives to quit his advisory councils. Now, it's Wednesday around one o'clock

1:17.3

here in New York. This is a fast-moving story. There have been several CEO names, and including

1:23.5

possibly Steve Schwartzman, could be disbanding his advisory council. So there's a lot going on here.

1:30.0

And to discuss it, we have our Washington columnist Gina Chan and here with us in New York, Associate Editor Tom Berkeley.

1:37.9

Either one of you, Gina, maybe we should start with you since you're down in D.C. This is, as I said earlier, a very fast-moving story. We have the CEO of

1:46.8

Campbell just recently said she is stepping off the advisory council 3M. And then, of course,

1:52.3

possibly Steve Schwartzman of Blackstone is dissolving his counsel. Can you kind of give us

1:58.5

what's happening and what have you been hearing?

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