The President's Strategic and Policy Forum was a business forum created by the U.S. President Donald Trump to give the president perspectives from business leaders on how to create jobs and improve growth for the U.S. economy. It consisted of 16 members chaired by Stephen A. Schwarzman, the co-founder of private equity firm The Blackstone Group, and started holding gatherings in February 2017.[1]
Following the withdrawal of several members, on August 16, 2017, Trump disbanded the Strategic and Policy Forum as well as the American Manufacturing Council.[2][3]
Former members of the forum:[4]
* Resigned prior to dissolution.
Prior to its dissolution, a number of members had resigned, including Elon Musk (protesting against the US withdrawal from the Paris Climate agreement),[5] Travis Kalanick,[6][7] Bob Iger, Ken Frazier, Brian Krzanich, Kevin Plank, Stephen Schwarzman and Jamie Dimon. Most of the resignations were in protest of President Trump's statements regarding the 2017 Unite the Right rallyinCharlottesville, Virginia.[8]
On August 16, 2017, following five members' resignations, President Trump announced via Twitter he was disbanding the forum.[2]
