Running the Trump Organization. It worked that way in the campaign and in the white house. People like gary cohn, one of his chief economic advisers, peter navarro, he would have them battle it out about tariffs. Navarros side ended in winning. Thats also been trumps longheld view about tariffs. Gary cohn later resigned, mostly because of that decision made by the president. But he is someone who, in our reporting, shows in recent weeks hes grown more and more frustrated with some of the advice from his straf. Hes also grown more and more frustrated more of his staff is leaving, but at the same time, he feels a little liberated, hes been telling people close to him that he wants to trust his instincts, trust his gut. He thinks thats what won him the election in 2016 and thats what he waunnts to rely on more and more in the white house, and were seeing that this week in particular, the decision on tariffs and the surprising decision on north korea. How much does that thrill you, that he
through the scene, popping his head into the white house briefing room to say we re going to have an announcement on korea. and as a result, i think it s becoming more and more chaotic. when you talk to our allies overseas, when you talk to business, they are flummoxed. and listen, it s good to sort of keep them guessing on strategic matters. but on your overall policy views and your overall goals for the administration, for america, it s not a good idea to have everyone confused. jennifer, you wrote about the tariffs jonathan was talking about a moment ago, and the republican reaction to them. there s a line from your column, some members of congress are even considering gasp reclaiming their constitutional authority over tariffs. you talked about a rare show of spine from many republican members of the legislature. what s the long-term effects of this? you saw the backlash, the likes of which we haven t seen to the president making the policy decision like the one he did. what s th