said there were very fine people on both sides, with the protesters in charlottesville. we heard then that gary cohn wauthing of resigning over that. and it is now rumors that enough is enough and this is enough on push him over the edge. one other thing should i point out. i was in that press quompconfer with the swedish prime minister. and in front of me, there was a seat saved for gary cohn. john kelly would sit to the side of the commerce secretary.
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the president did not like that but gary cohn was committed to staying through tax reform which was quite important to him. and once tax reform got done, there were people who thought maybe gary would leave now. i think he stayed, in fact, it would be an economic crisis if the president with to try to impose tariffs. as he free trader and i think this probably reflects, and i ll get on the phone after this, this probably reflects the fact he feels he s fighting a losing battlest doesn t want any part of this and i think quite honestly, despite what the president said today, this will make it more and more difficult to find good people from outside to want to take gary skoenl s place. he was also mentioned, for example, as someone who might replace general kelly as chief of staff. clearly that s not happening.
and close to donald trump. he said to me, i am so-up set by this. because a lot of people saw gary cohn as one of the people left in the white house who actually understood economic policy and knows how to manage. and i think there s a sense that this group of trump supporters, that gary cohn absence will be felt. and that his leaving was perhaps a moment when he said, i won t win this tariff fight. cohn was supposed to have all these folks in from loom zmum steel to talk to them later this week. i don t know if that will occur. and he was clearly trying to maneuver the president to a different position. maybe he learned that that wasn t going to happen and the
west wing attack go gary cohn. one of the names they had for gary cohn was globalist gary. he was seen as globalist. that has always flown in the face of the president s economic policy, to go after even u.s. allies on trade. even when it suits his political needs. keep in mind we re a week away from a very important election in pennsylvania. trade is a big issue in that election. i would have to wageary guess here that there are people inside the white house internally who believe that the president s tariff talk is smart politics in that part of pennsylvania. let me play that clip. the president speaking about the steel and aluminum tariffs. he s doubling down. they re going forward. he clearly doesn t care what