Gary Cohn

  • National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn disputed the suggestion that the Trump administration’s proposed tax overhaul would benefit the wealthiest Americans on Friday—and said it’s not clear the highest earners would get any tax cut at all.

    September 5
    Gary Cohn, director of the U.S. National Economic Council, speaks to members of the media outside the White House.
  • President Donald Trump singled out several top officials who accompanied him for a speech on overhauling the tax code on Wednesday, but didn’t mention his chief economic adviser, Gary Cohn, who has led the administration’s efforts.

    August 30
    White House economic adviser Gary Cohn
  • President Donald Trump warned Congress not to miss a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to boost the economy with a massive overhaul of the U.S. tax code as he kicked off his effort to sell the American public on his tax plan Wednesday at a manufacturing plant in Springfield, Missouri.

    August 30
    President Donald Trump
  • President Donald Trump will spend the next several weeks leading a public campaign in support of a tax overhaul while the White House leaves Republican lawmakers to hash out details of the plan, National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn said in an interview with the Financial Times.

    August 25
    Former National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn