As a registered Democrat, Gary Cohn was an unexpected pick for Donald Trump’s chief economic adviser in 2017. He came on a mission to slash taxes, but left during the president’s first tariff war. Eight years later we interview Mr Cohn at the Reagan National Economic Forum, getting his take on the more-radical “Liberation Day” tariffs and the “Big Beautiful Bill” that would make permanent the tax cuts he crafted.
Hosts: Mike Bird and Alice Fulwood. Guest: Gary Cohn, former director of America’s National Economic Council under Donald Trump and former president of Goldman Sachs. Recorded at the Reagan National Economic Forum.
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