Trump Picks CNBC’s Larry Kudlow as Top Economic Adviser<br />The White House had not expected to announce his hiring until Thursday or Friday, Mr. Kudlow said,<br />but by Wednesday morning, news of his likely naming was widespread, and then “the deluge came.”<br />Mr. Kudlow, who has publicly criticized the president’s recently announced tariff plans,<br />said Mr. Trump had a more nuanced view on trade then many people understood.<br />“Trump should also examine the historical record on tariffs,” he<br />and his co-authors wrote, “because they have almost never worked as intended and almost always deliver an unhappy ending.”<br />Mr. Kudlow said Wednesday that although he had little stomach for blanket tariffs, he was “absolutely delighted”<br />that Mr. Trump had softened his stance since first announcing global tariffs on steel and aluminum.<br />Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, said in a statement<br />that Mr. Kudlow had been offered the job and that the administration would “work to have an orderly transition.”<br />The decision to pick Mr. Kudlow, a longtime cheerleader of the president, is the latest<br />move by Mr. Trump to surround himself with loyalists in high administrative posts.
