Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank resigns from Trump's manufacturing council


Under Armour founder and CEO Kevin Plank announced on Twitter Monday night he is stepping down from President Trump's American Manufacturing Council to "focus on inspiring and uniting through power of sport."
Plank said he joined the council because he loves his country and believed "it was important for Under Armour to have a seat at the table and represent our industry," but his company "engages in innovation and sports, not politics." Earlier Monday, Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier resigned from the council following Trump's failure to single out white supremacists following the deadly white nationalist rally Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia, saying it was his "responsibility to take a stand against intolerance and extremism." Plank didn't specifically say anything about racism, but did say sports promote "unity, diversity, and inclusion."
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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