In a press conference Thursday promoting President Trump’s tax reform push, National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn — a former president of the Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs — seemed to say that a new car costs only $1,000. “If we allow a family to keep another $1,000 of their income, what does that mean?”…
As the White House readies for a tax overhaul push, some Republicans are expressing concerns about the point-men for the effort: Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and economic adviser Gary Cohn. Cohn and Mnuchin are both New York Democrats, who have occasionally broken with conservatives on social policy and even economic matters, leading some on the…
President Trump is displeased with economic adviser Gary Cohn – reportedly refusing to make eye contact with the ex-Goldman Sachs exec and West Wing policy wonk. According to a report in The New York Times, the president was so infuriated by Cohn’s rebuke of Trump over comments following the Charlottesville crisis that he will not…
A newly fraying relationship between President Trump and top White House economic adviser Gary Cohn has raised questions about how long Cohn will stay in his job, say two people with close ties to the White House. One source said concern had grown among Cohn’s allies over the past 24 hours that he might be…
Steve Bannon is taking dead aim at Gary Cohn, who appears to be Exhibit A in the flamethrower’s battle against so-called “globalists” in the Trump White House. In his first interview since leaving the administration, Bannon slammed Cohn’s criticism of Trump over Charlottesville. “If you don’t agree with (what Trump is doing), they you have…
President Trump is considering many candidates to head up the Federal Reserve and has soured on nominating his top economic adviser Gary Cohn to lead the U.S. central bank, according to sources close to the White House and an administration official. Two sources said Trump remained upset with Cohn, a former Goldman Sachs president, for…
President Trump’s top economic advisor publicly complained about his boss’s response to the white nationalist rally and ensuing violence in Charlottesville, Va. when dining with friends in Long Island, The Washington Post reported last week. Gary Cohn, the director of the National Economic Council, had been standing next to the president at a Trump Tower…
(JTA) — Gary Cohn, a prominent Jewish member of President Donald Trump’s administration, considered resigning over Trump’s response to a far-right rally in Charlottesville, The New York Times reported. Cohn, the top economic adviser for Trump, drafted a letter of resignation, according to the report Friday. In an interview Thursday with the Financial Times, Cohn…
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