Strategic and Policy Forum


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 Schwarzman, the co-founder of private equity firm The Blackstone Group, and started holding gatherings in February 2017.
Following the withdrawal of several members, on August 16, 2017 Trump disbanded the Strategic and Policy Forum as well as the American Manufacturing Council.

Members

Former members of the forum:
* Resigned prior to dissolution.

Resignations and disbandment

Prior to its dissolution, a number of members had resigned, including Elon Musk, Travis Kalanick, 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 rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
On August 16, 2017, following five members' resignations, President Trump announced via Twitter he was disbanding the forum.