This post was updated at 2:01 p.m. EST on Aug. 16, 2017.

Shortly after two more top CEOs abandoned the White House’s manufacturing council, President Donald Trump announced that he would be disbanding his two councils of business leaders.

“Rather than putting pressure on the businesspeople of the Manufacturing Council & Strategy & Policy Forum, I am ending both,” Trump tweeted on Wednesday afternoon.

3M CEO Inge Thulin and Campbell Soup Company CEO Denise Morrison joined a slew of business leaders resigning from the manufacturing council and distancing themselves from the president. This follows Trump’s widely-criticized response to this past weekend’s white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, which turned deadly.

During a press conference on Tuesday, Trump insisted that both left- and right-wing groups were to blame for the violence that erupted in Charlottesville, where white nationalists went to protest the removal of a statue of Confederate Army general Robert E. Lee.

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“Racism and murder are unequivocally reprehensible and are not morally equivalent to anything else that happened in Charlottesville,” Morrison said in a tweeted statement. “I believe the president should have been – and still needs to be – unambiguous on that point.”

“I joined the Manufacturing Jobs Initiative in January to advocate for policies that align with our values and encourage even stronger investment and job growth — in order to make the United States stronger, healthier and more prosperous for all people,” said Thulin. “After careful consideration, I believe the initiative is no longer an effective vehicle for 3M to advance these goals. As a result, today I am resigning from the Manufacturing Advisory Council.”

Tesla CEO is seen here leaving Trump’s council. He left permanently after the President pulled the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Agreement. (AP) More

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