The following article by Abby Phillips was posted on the Washington Post website August 17, 2017:
President Trump has become more isolated than ever from the Republican Party, world leaders and the business community that once cautiously embraced him — a fissure that was growing for weeks but turned into a chasm following his response to the racist violence in Charlottesville last weekend.
Trump had to disband two corporate advisory councilsafter a slew of chief executives resigned from the panels. They criticized the president for blaming both white supremacists and counterprotesters for the melees that led to the death of a 32-year-old woman. Republicans continue to distance themselves from Trump as they call on him to more forcefully condemn the racist groups that gathered for the Unite the Right rally. And foreign officials lined upthis week to make clear that they strongly disagree with Trump’s view of the events in Charlottesville.
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