"We might poke the bear!" Sen. Bob Corker could not get a vote on his legislation to check President Trump’s tariff authority, and he's blaming fellow Republicans.
The famously pinstripe-suited Kudlow would succeed Gary Cohn, a former Goldman Sachs executive who is leaving the post in a dispute over Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on imported steel and aluminum.
Gary Cohn, the director of the National Economic Council, has been the leading internal opponent to Trump’s planned tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum, but Trump reiterated Tuesday he will be imposing tariffs in the coming days.