Trump chides Merck CEO after resignation from presidential council over

U.S. President Donald Trump chided Merck & Co Inc`s Kenneth Frazier after the drugmaker`s chief executive resigned from a presidential advisory board earlier on Monday and cited a need for U.S. leaders to denounce bigotry following a violent weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia.

"Now that Ken Frazier of Merck Pharma has resigned from President`s Manufacturing Council, he will have more time to LOWER RIPOFF DRUG PRICES!," Trump wrote in a post on Twitter.

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