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Then-Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier listens at right as then-President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with manufacturing executives at the White House on February 23, 2017. Frazier resigned from Trump's manufacturing council following then-president's remarks regarding the August 2017 Unite the Right rally.

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  • Donald Trump's presidency began with business leaders eager to help him in building up the economy.
  • Many business leaders praised his tax overhaul, which lowered the corporate tax rate.
  • But after the 2017 Unite the Right rally, Trump was widely criticized for his response to the violent event.

When Donald Trump first ran for the presidency, he pledged to run the United States like a business.

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