Politics
The left says Gary Cohn’s White House resignation is different from the others
Trump economic adviser Gary Cohn, left, and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin are both former executives with Goldman Sachs, and together are heading up the Trump administration's supposedly "populist" tax reform plan. (AP)
Gary Cohn, Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, resigned on Tuesday. Does his departure mean more than the others?
A roundup of editorials on the issue:
From The Week: "You can only push a man so far."
2. Why Gary Cohn's White House resignation is different
From FiveThirtyEight: Lots of people have left President Trump's White House. Those departures never seemed likely to have a real impact on policy.
3. Cohn's depature is a watershed moment for US economic policy
From The Hill: "It represents an important shift in the White House's trade orientation."
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Bria Felicien is a published author and staff writer at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She produces podcasts for the AJC.
