Walmart CEO Doug McMillon has criticized President Trump for failing to “unequivocally” reject white supremacists in the aftermath of their violent rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

“As we watched the events and the response from President Trump over the weekend, we too felt that he missed a critical opportunity to help bring our country together by unequivocally rejecting the appalling actions of white supremacists,” McMillon wrote in a statement posted to Walmart’s website Tuesday.

Trump drew widespread criticism Saturday after he condemned the violence in Charlottesville “from many sides,” without specifically denouncing white supremacists or racism.

On Monday, he delivered more pointed remarks and specifically called out neo-Nazis, racism, and the KKK.

“Racism is evil -and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and other hate groups are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans,” he said.

McMillon said Trump’s remarks on Monday “were a step in the right direction and we need that clarity and consistency in the future.”

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McMillon made the statement after the chief executives of Merck, Under Armour, and Intel resigned Monday from a presidential advisory council for manufacturing, in the wake of the fallout from Trump’s remarks on Charlottesville.

On Tuesday, Scott Paul, president of an organization called the Alliance for American Manufacturing, also resigned from the council.

McMillon serves on another one of the president’s economic advisory councils, called the Strategic and Policy Forum.

He said he would continue to serve on the forum.

“Representing a company with the largest and one of the most diverse groups of associates in the U.S., and an even more diverse customer base of tens of millions of customers, we believe we should stay engaged to try to influence decisions in a positive way and help bring people together,” he said. “I will continue to strongly advocate on behalf of our associates and customers, and urge our elected officials to do their part to promote a more just, tolerant and diverse society.”