Larry Kudlow is showing "extraordinary leadership" as director of the National Economic Council, reconciling “disparate factions” in the Trump administration while promoting economy-boosting policies, Paul Ingrassia, a former White House intern, says in a column published Wednesday in American Thinker.
"President Trump pledged on the campaign trail that he would surround himself with professionals at the top of their craft. Mr. Kudlow fits that bill perfectly. Given his reservoir of experience in various media over several decades, Mr. Kudlow commands a rarefied assemblage of talents," Ingrassia says.
"For this reason, he is perhaps uniquely qualified at this juncture of the Trump presidency to build on the framework for economic policy set into motion by [his predecessor] Gary Cohn and affixing it to a broader policy agenda already replete with a multitude of substantive achievements."
Ingrassia said Kudlow already has come up with additional proposals including a second round of tax cuts that could make permanent some of the measures of the tax reform bill, such as business investment incentives and further reductions in personal income tax.
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