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"Collectively, [the EU] is still our largest trading and investment partner. Many companies are working here. There are hundreds, thousands of joint ventures. If business is mutually beneficial, we will continue it."
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Lincoln Project co-founder Steve Schmidt resigned from the embattled anti-Trump organization Friday night, claiming he did so to"make room for the appointment of a female board member as the first step to reform and professionalize the Lincoln Project. Presently, the Lincoln Project is made up of four middle-aged white men. That composition does not reflect our nation, nor our movement. I am resigning my seat on the Lincoln Project board to make room for the appointment of a female board member as the first step to reform and professionalize the Lincoln Project.
"My purpose in writing this isn't to express what and when I knew about John Weaver, but how I feel about him, what he did and how many people he hurt. This is my truth. John Weaver has put me back into that faraway cabin with Ray, my Boy Scout leader. I am incandescently angry about it. I am angry because I know the damage that he caused to me, and I know the journey that lies ahead of every young man that trusted, feared and was abused by John Weaver."
While Schmidt said he is "enormously proud of the Lincoln Project," he offered an apology to co-founder Jennifer Horn, who resigned from the group last week, over the public dispute that was launched. He called her"an important and valuable member of our team. She deserved better from me. She deserved a leader who could restrain his anger. I am sorry for my failure. Private messages should never have been made public.Besides Lincoln Project advisers Tom Nichols and Kurt Bardella, as well as LPTV host Nayyera Haq stepping away from the organization, fellow adviser and LPTV host Tara Setmayer also indicated her potential exit on Twitter. In addition, CNBC reported Friday that top megadonors are considering abandoning the group.
"For me, it's time to step back from the front - to get healthy mentally, physically, and spiritually. Stay strong, There is much work to be done."
Last week, co-founder Jennifer Horn announced her resignation, which sparked a public spat between her and the group. Late Thursday, the Lincoln Project allegedly published private Twitter messages Horn sent to a reporter. Those tweets were later removed after co-founder George Conway, who left the group in August, warned that its actions may have broken federal law.
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