MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
By Jennifer Jacobs & Kevin Cirilli @ BloombergNews.com, March 7
The White House is weighing contenders to succeed Gary Cohn as President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, and names circulating include Goldman Sachs Group Inc. executive Jim Donovan, Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Kevin Hassett, and trade adviser Peter Navarro, people familiar with the matter said [....]
Other names being floated for Cohn’s job include Mick Mulvaney, head of the White House Office of Management and Budget; CNBC contributor Larry Kudlow; Chris Liddell, assistant to the president for strategic initiatives; Deputy Director for Economic Policy Shahira Knight; economist Stephen Moore; Vice President Mike Pence’s chief economist Mark Calabria; and Bob Steel, former under-secretary for domestic finance at Treasury under President George W. Bush, according to the people, who include White House officials and outside allies of the president.
House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady said during an interview on Fox News on Wednesday that Trump will have a long list of potential replacements, naming Mulvaney and Kudlow as possible solid choices. Navarro said in a Wednesday interview with Bloomberg TV that he’s not on Trump’s shortlist of candidates [....]