he s on top of all of this. and one name that s been floated so far, john, is larry kudlow. the financial analyst on cnbc who s a friend of the president. we should point out larry kudlow is a strong free trader who s been actively saying, don t to this, with respect to tariffs. i talked to a senior administration official this evening who was floating larry kudlow s name who said, the president likes different points of view, bring on larry kudlow. but gary cohn leaving this white house is a big departure for this president, another sign that chaos looms over here. it s not the opposite of chaos, it is total chaos almost all the time here. jim acosta at the white house, a sea of calm this evening as always, thanks so much. ryan lizzit, kaitlin collins, jason killer. kaitlin, it takes a lot to put a pin in the gary cohn news. but you ve got a doozy of a scoop involving the president,
trade chief among them. i do think this is going to leave a big void. and if it were on its own, it would be one thing. but in the string of departures that we ve seen or announced departures, it s really going to leave this president quite isolated with not a lot of expertise to call on on some of these big topics. if he wants to do what jason was saying, he s going to be hard pressed to do that. gary cohn s deputy left back in december. so it s not your typical white house where you have two or three people who are lined up, ready to go, ready to take this spot. it s going to be a real challenge them to fill the void. in turbulent times you need sober, reasonable voices. these are the types of voices that are leaving. we ll have much more on the cohn breaking news and more tonight, including a new cooperating witness for robert mueller. this could be big. because of the secret meetings he attended between trump associates and the united arab emirates, the same uae that