Washington/New York — President Donald Trump disbanded two high-profile business advisory councils on Wednesday, after several chief executives quit in protest over his remarks blaming weekend violence in Virginia on antiracism activists as well as white nationalists. A parade of prominent Republicans also rebuked Trump, as did US ally Britain, leaving him increasingly isolated after his comments on Tuesday about the bloodshed in the college town of Charlottesville further enveloped his seven-month-old presidency in controversy. The mayor of Phoenix asked Trump to delay a rally planned for next Tuesday, an appeal the president appeared to reject. A memorial service was held on Wednesday in Charlottesville for 32-year-old Heather Heyer, who was killed when a car plowed into antiracism protesters on Saturday. A 20-year-old Ohio man said to have harboured Nazi sympathies has been charged with her murder. Trump, a real estate magnate who had never before held public office, was elected ...
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