Morning Agenda: Trump Bites Back Against C.E.O.s Who Rebuked Him<br />The Times takes a look at one American manufacturer — Big Ass Fans (yes,<br />that is its real name) — and notes how its business relies on global trade, including motors imported from Mexico and sales to Canada and Mexico.<br />Some business leaders and critics of Mr. Trump have argued<br />that the advisory forums are not accomplishing much, but others involved in the panels argue that they can still have impact by remaining involved.<br />If you say nothing, if you say something, if you don’t say enough, you get in trouble.”<br />• Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld of the Yale School of Management, speaking of the Merck chief executive Kenneth C. Frazier, who resigned<br />from a council on Monday: “Frazier did not wait for the Business Roundtable or a shareholder referendum to prompt his actions.<br />“As we watched the events and the response from President Trump over the weekend, we too felt<br />that he missed a critical opportunity to help bring our country together by unequivocally rejecting the appalling actions of white supremacists,” Douglas McMillon, the Walmart chief executive, wrote in a letter to employees.
