Boston<\/p>\n
A newly fraying relationship between US President Donald Trump and top White House economic adviser Gary Cohn has raised questions about how long Cohn will stay in his job, say two people with close ties to the White House.<\/p>\n
Several sources said Cohn, director of the National Economic Council, had long planned to stay in his post for at least a year. But one source said concern had grown among Cohn\u2019s allies over the past 24 hours that he might be pressured to leave.<\/p>\n
The recent concerns stem from a report in the Wall Street Journal \u2013 confirmed by other news media, including Reuters \u2013 that Cohn was unlikely to be nominated by Trump as a potential successor to Fed Chair Janet Yellen.<\/p>\n
Trump had mentioned Cohn in July for the job. Cohn resigned as president of Goldman Sachs to join the new administration.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe calculus has shifted for Gary. He\u2019s gone, essentially, from untouchable to possibly being bounced out,\u201d the source said. \u201cThe message is clear that suddenly Cohn\u2019s job in the White House has real downside risk.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cohn crossed Trump last month when he criticized the president in a Financial Times interview for his response to the violence at a rally organized by white nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia, in which one woman died.<\/p>\n
One source close to the White House said Trump wanted to fire Cohn. \u201cHates him. But that could be ephemeral,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n
Cohn, who is Jewish, told the newspaper the administration \u201cmust do better\u201d in condemning neo-Nazis and white supremacists.<\/p>\n
The former investment banker gave the interview after his wife and daughters pushed him to speak out, if not quit, after Trump blamed \u201cboth sides\u201d for the violence.<\/p>\n
Trump said there were \u201cvery fine people\u201d among the white supremacist groups, a comment that disgusted Cohn and those close to him, people who know him said.<\/p>\n
While the interview was intended to signal that Cohn had no plans to leave the White House and planned to push ahead with his signature project, tax reform, sources said the comments upset Trump.<\/p>\n
Trump has gone hot and cold on other advisers, some of whom have stayed, while others have left.<\/p>\n
\u201cRelationships change,\u201d said a third source with close ties to the White House. \u201cIf Gary sticks around, I fully expect that Gary\u2019s relationship with the president will improve.\u201d People who know Cohn say that when he does leave the White House, he wants it to be on his own terms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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