Kevin Hassett, Top Economic Adviser in Trump's First Term, Returns to Lead National Economic Council

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Trump taps Kevin Hassett as National Economic Council head

President-elect Trump has chosen former White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett to lead the National Economic Council in his next administration, he said Tuesday. “I am very pleased to announce that Dr. Kevin A. Hassett, of Massachusetts will serve as the Director of the White House National Economic Council,” Trump said in a statement. “As my Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, Kevin played a crucial role in helping to design and pass the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, and stood with me as we pursued our enormously successful agenda to Make America Great Again,” he added Hassett is a conservative economist who has done prior work at the American Enterprise Institute.

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Donald Trump selects Kevin Hassett to lead National Economic Council

President-elect Donald Trump picked Kevin Hassett to lead the National Economic Council, a role that puts him at the center of the administration's policy-making discussions from trade to taxes and deregulation. The move brings Trump closer to rounding out his economic team, with U.S. trade representative being the last of the key positions left. Trump made the announcement in a post on Truth Social.

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Trump taps Kevin Hassett to head National Economic Council

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped Kevin Hassett, who was a key economic adviser in his first term, to chair his National Economic Council, which helps set domestic and international economic policy. Hassett headed the White House Council of Economic Advisers, which advises the president on economic policy, from 2017-2019. After stepping down from the CEA, Hassett had a brief return to government to help with the COVID pandemic. In the early days of the pandemic, he painted a more dire picture of the likely repercussions than other White House aides were doing at the time.

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