Gary Cohn Said He Will Resign as Trump’s Top Economic Adviser<br />In a statement, Mr. Cohn said he had been pleased to work on “pro-growth economic policies to benefit the American people, in particular the passage of historic tax reform.” White House officials said<br />that Mr. Cohn was leaving on cordial terms with the president and that they planned to discuss policy even after his departure.<br />In several conversations that Mr. Trump had with people on Tuesday, he denounced Mr. Cohn as a “globalist.”<br />The resignation followed conversations Mr. Cohn held with the president in recent weeks about the<br />possibility of replacing Mr. Kelly as chief of staff, said people who were briefed on the matter.<br />It leaves Mr. Trump surrounded primarily by advisers with strong protectionist views who advocate the types of aggressive trade measures, like tariffs,<br />that Mr. Trump campaigned on but that Mr. Cohn fought inside the White House.<br />Gary D. Cohn, President Trump’s top economic adviser, said on Tuesday<br />that he would resign, becoming the latest in a series of high-profile departures from the Trump administration.<br />Gary D. Cohn, President Trump’s top economic adviser, is the most recent high-profile<br />member of the White House to announce plans to depart the West Wing.<br />And many officials wonder if Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, will stay now<br />that he has lost his top-secret security clearance; the departure of Mr. Cohn further shrinks the number of allies Mr. Kushner and his wife, Ivanka Trump, have in the White House.<br />Mr. Cohn had warned last week that he might resign if Mr. Trump followed through with the tariffs, which Mr. Cohn had lobbied against internally.
