A complaint that some of them made before the racism issue was that Trump was not listening to them, and using the councils as window dressing and to get them to praise and thank him. Before this, they disagreed with him on the Paris Accord, NAFTA, the TPP, and his position on coal, and his immigration policies. Outside the council, some disagreed with his position on Obamacare. Trump did not engage with them on these issues, but simply ignored them.