'Completely Wrong': Trump's Former Economic Adviser Gary Cohn Questions White House Strategy Amid Shutdown
- 5 years ago
Gary Cohn has criticized the partial government shutdown in a Boston Globe story.
Gary Cohn, President Trump's former economic adviser, has questioned the White House's strategy amid the lingering partial government shutdown. In an interview with the Boston Globe published on Thursday, Cohn called the shutdown "completely wrong" and said that putting thousands of federal workers on furlough "makes absolutely no sense whatsoever." "I don't understand what the outcome is here, and I don't understand where we're going with it. I'm confused as to what the White House's strategy is on this a little bit," Cohn also said. The shutdown is now the longest in US history and has left hundreds of thousands of government workers without pay. At issue for Trump is $5.7 billion in funding for a wall along the southern US border.
"Democrats in the newly-elected 116th Congress sworn in this month have refused to meet the president's demands while Trump has threatened to keep the government closed for months or even 'years' to secure the border wall money," notes The Hill.
Gary Cohn, President Trump's former economic adviser, has questioned the White House's strategy amid the lingering partial government shutdown. In an interview with the Boston Globe published on Thursday, Cohn called the shutdown "completely wrong" and said that putting thousands of federal workers on furlough "makes absolutely no sense whatsoever." "I don't understand what the outcome is here, and I don't understand where we're going with it. I'm confused as to what the White House's strategy is on this a little bit," Cohn also said. The shutdown is now the longest in US history and has left hundreds of thousands of government workers without pay. At issue for Trump is $5.7 billion in funding for a wall along the southern US border.
"Democrats in the newly-elected 116th Congress sworn in this month have refused to meet the president's demands while Trump has threatened to keep the government closed for months or even 'years' to secure the border wall money," notes The Hill.