Top White House economic adviser Gary Cohn declared his resignation hours after clashing with President Trump in the Oval Office on Tuesday, according to a report.
Trump had pressured Cohn to cooperate on his administration’s plan to institute sweeping tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, sources told Bloomberg. Cohn, who opposed such trade measures in favor of a free-trade approach, declined to concede.
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