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Gary Cohn is Roadblock to Larry Kudlow Getting a White House Position

February 12, 2017

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National Economic Council head Gary Cohn is one of the main reasons conservative commentator and economist Larry Kudlow is not getting a White House position, two sources close to the situation said.

 

  • “Cohn didn’t like Kudlow.”
  • “Cohn wants to hold all the reins of power and doesn’t want competing opinions from the CEA [Council of Economic Advisers].”

 

There were published reports in December that President Trump was close to choosing Kudlow, a former economist in the Reagan administration, to head the Council of Economic Advisers. Kudlow is now out of the running.

 

In past administrations, the CEA has provided presidents with outlooks on macro-economics, such as providing explanations when new economic numbers come out.