Trump Rounds Out His Economic Team
Hassett has been named to lead the National Economic Council, while Greer has been selected as the U.S. trade representative.
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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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Trump Names Hassett to Economic Post, Greer as Trade Chief
President-elect Donald Trump named Kevin Hassett and Jamieson Greer to key posts on his economic team. Hassett will likely be heavily involved in Trump’s plans to cut taxes and Greer will have a direct hand in the president-elect's expansive tariff vision. The posts do not require Senate confirmation.
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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.
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Kevin Hassett: From Economic Strategies to Influential Advisory Roles
Kevin Hassett has served as chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers from 2017 to 2019. Hassett briefly re-entered government to address the COVID pandemic, forecasting severe economic repercussions. He holds prestigious positions at the Milken Institute and the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
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Donald Trump taps Kevin Hassett to head National Economic Council
Hassett headed the White House Council of Economic Advisers, which advises the president on economic policy. He was John McCain's chief economic adviser in the 2000 presidential primaries and a senior economic adviser to the campaigns of George W. Bush in 2004, McCain again in 2008, and Mitt Romney in 2012. Hassett is currently a managing director at the Milken Institute.
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Trump names first administration veterans Greer, Hassett to economic posts
Trump names first administration veterans Greer, Hassett to economic posts. US president-elect taps Jamieson Greer and Kevin Hassett as trade representative and top economic adviser, respectively. Greer played a key role in prosecuting Trump’s trade war with China as chief of staff to former US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.
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Trump to Name Hassett National Economic Council Chief
Kevin Hassett will lead the National Economic Council, according to people familiar with the matter. Hassett previously served as a senior adviser to Trump and the chair of the Council of Economic Advisers. The appointment, which doesn’t require Senate confirmation, won't become final until announced by Trump.
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Trump Taps Kevin Hassett to Lead National Economic Council
Kevin Hassett will work closely with the Treasury secretary to push forward Mr. Trump’s economic plans. The role is one of the most expansive in the administration and will put Mr. Hassett at the center of policy debates. Mr.Trump has been rounding out his economic team, having last week picked Scott Bessent to run the Treasury Department and Howard Lutnick to lead the Commerce Department.
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Trump taps Kevin Hassett as National Economic Council head
Hassett is a conservative economist who has done prior work at the American Enterprise Institute. Hassett was chair of the Council of Economic Advisers beginning in 2017, with that year’s Republican tax law coming about with his help. Trump: “I want to thank Kevin for all he has done – he is a true friend!”
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