The company he keeps

Kevin Drum today lists the CEOs who have quit Trump’s manufacturing council in disgust over his thinly-disguised support for the Charlotteville neo-Nazis. Ten have left so far; still on the council is the pride of Peoria, Caterpillar’s Doug Oberhelman.

“If there’s a single name left on this list by the end of the day,” adds Drum, “their board should immediately fire them for gross stupidity and obtuseness.”

This article appears in Aug 10-16, 2017.