Trump adviser says she’s never spoken with candidate

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A leading economic adviser to Donald Trump said she has never spoken with Trump and that his campaign has not held any “strategy discussions” with its economic advisers since naming her to its team.

The Trump campaign named Kathleen Hartnett-White of the Texas Public Policy Foundation to its economic advisory team two weeks ago following criticism from Hillary Clinton that his economic advisers were all male. White is one of eight women that the Trump campaign added to its team after Clinton blasted Trump for having an economic team of “six guys named Steve.”

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