departure of mr. cohn but his decision to leave came after he seemed poised to lose an internal struggle amid a wild west style process over mr. trump s plan to impose large tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. not a huge shock but a little after the president said there s no chaos, people are lining up to work in the white house for him of the gary cohn who came in from goldman sachs. worked closely over the last 14 bhos the president. clearly frustrated. he hates these tariffs on aluminum and steel and is now with to leave according to the new york times. i gather we are reporting that as well now. gary cohn is someone who is a free trader and it has been a rocky road for him in this white house. after charlottesville, he was publicly unhappy about that and let the president know it and the country know it.
that s the definition of chaos. especially with hope hicks, the communications director, and like the chaos we saw in this turmoil over the security clearances, and his own son-in-law jared kushner having his security clearance bumped down because he couldn t pass the security checks. we did get some statements from the white house. they ve obviously confirmed all of this. there s one from the president, from general kelly and also one from gary cohn saying it has been my honor to serve my country and enact policies to benefit american people. particularly the passage the of tax reform. i m grateful to the president for giving me this opportunity and wish him great success in the future. another thing that s interesting to note. you ll recall that the president
gary cohn was conspicuously not present. i snapped a picture of cohn s seat cover. he did not join us. while the seat was reserved for him, sarah sanders took that seat. very interesting. thank you very much. president trump just insisted that russia s election meddling had no impact on american votes and republicans on the house intelligence committee are pushing to wrap up the panel s investigation. let s go to our senior correspondent. what are you learning? reporter: that s right. a number believe that this investigation has run its course. they ve spent the better part of the last year interviewing people, going through documents is that they believe there s no real evidence that there was any collusion between russians and trump officials. the democrats on the other hand say there are areas the
gary cohn and other political advisers were telling him. he doesn t care when the republican leadership in the house and senate were telling him. i m their protect. one of the reasons i was elected is i m protecting the workers and the country. so we re doing tariffs on steel. we cannot lose our steel industry. it is a fraction of what it once was. and we can t lose our aluminum industry. when we re behind every other country, tariffs aren t so bad. the president says there s to chaos but people are leaving. yeah. hope hicks who was a real close person to the white house, now gary cohn. not a surprise for gary cohn. he s been rumored to be on his
and the press secretary sat in his seat. that was a sign there was trouble. the president was talking about tariffs and saying he could win a trade war and they re not so bad and you can have them with love, that was not the kind of love that gary cohn really believed in. and the president steamed hint at a major departure. the new fake news narrative is there is chaos in the white house. wrong. people will always come and go and i want strong dialogue before making a final decision. i still have some people that i want to change. always seeking perfection. there is no chaos. only great energy. he s saying some people i want to change.