Donald Trump has disbanded his manufacturing advisory council, most likely to avoid more defections in the wake of his noxious remarks about white supremacist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. Among the many members to resign in the days leading up to Trump’s decision was AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka.

Trumka publicly rebuked the president for his comments, but his departure caused a smaller rupture in the group than when a pharmaceutical executive left, raising Trump’s public ire. If anything, Trumka’s resignation only evoked the obvious question: what was the nation’s highest labor official doing on a board of industrialists, advising a president with a litany of odious campaign promises?

On the labor front alone, Trump’s presidency has already been disastrous. His decision to appoint Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, giving conservatives a five-four majority, all but assures that the public sector will become “right-to-work.” His appointments to the National Labor Relations Board will likely roll back the limited gains labor made under President Obama. His secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, continues to rankle teacher union leaders.