Uber CEO Steps Down From White House Advisory Board After Backlash Over Immigration

Travis Kalanick has stepped down from the president’s board of executives less than a week after Trump signed an executive order banning immigrants, refugees and visitors from seven predominantly Muslim countries.

A spokesperson for Uber confirmed to Adweek that Kalanick removed himself from the board earlier today, and in a letter to Uber employees obtained this afternoon by The New York Times, Kalanick said he spoke with Trump about the “issues for our community” that the immigration ban creates.

“Joining the group was not meant to be an endorsement of the president or his agenda, but unfortunately it has been misinterpreted to be exactly that,” according to the letter.