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This is a big reason why. >> it is. >> we know people who want to get in can't get in. they don't recognize anybody on the phone list. so i think what the white house could do, one of the things they could do is start bringing in more people who were supportive from the very beginning. and be careful about the people they bring in. make sure, for example, gary cohn, someone close to the president, did not buy into the president's agenda on tariffs. we all knew he was on it, he was going to leave. he had been talking about it for weeks. when the tariffs came up, something he agreed with the pre...

Into the white house. so who fills this position will be so important? and the markets of course we'll be watching. >> thank you very. . crucial when you talk about ten people wanting the job, you have to find someone who supports the president on tariffs and economists world of ceos it's hard to find ten of those. jeff, stay with me. i want to bring into the conversation april ryan and gloria borger. look, another one bites the dust. this is not just anyone. >> no, someone who garnered a great deal of respect around the economic industry around the world and who really helped the president ...

They seem to have won the day. it is trying to are litigate the tariff issue by bringing people into the oval on. that apparently is done. cohn has threatened to leave before. now he's out. >> there is a theory of the case that his advisers has, that he has about tariffs. it is deeply unpopular in the republican party that has decided to wake up from its silence to fight like hell on had issue, up like other issues. they have a line in the sand on this they fear does jeopardize economic gains. so they're going in this direction. and may be incredibly ill-advised. >> see, that's the problem. it...

This adage that it is really about the last person in the room is true. that's not the way to manage at that level. >> to say you can change the president's mind on something he fundamentally believed since the 1980s is not a good way to go about things. the president on tariffs and trade has been america first believer for a long, long time. >> on trade. he didn't always say i'll put on tariffs. it's the means they are upset with right now. you want to change the trade deals, go ahead. >> i've heard him talking about tariffs.

Cohn is leaving. and he announced that decision after markets closed yesterday. we can see why. dow futures are down on news of his departure. the business community and his allies inside and outside the white house are now worried that economic nationalists could be on the rise. >> reporter: president trump top economic adviser gary cohn becoming the latest in a string of white house advisers to abandon ship after butting heads with the president over imposing stiff tariffs on steel and aluminum. news of his departure coming hours after the president insisted there is no chaos in his administ...