The head of the White House Council of Economic Advisers is departing the administration at the end of June, according to a White House official — leaving the president with one fewer senior economist in the middle of a recession.
Tomas Philipson, the acting chairman of the CEA, took over in July 2019 after serving as a member of Trump’s three-person council for almost two years. His background is in health care economics, and he previously served as the professor of public policy at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy to which he will return in the fall, the White House official said.
Trump has staked so much of his reelection message on the state of the economy, which was upended by the global pandemic and the ensuing lockdown in cities across the country. Now the White House faces a national unemployment rate of 13.3 percent, which far exceeds the unemployment numbers the U.S. saw during the Great Recession.
Philipson did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The last time Philipson appeared publicly at the White House was in early June, when he stood behind the president during a Rose Garden speech when Trump boasted about the latest job numbers.
Sounds like kushner is gonna get a shot at yet another position in our govt, and why not? He's just as qualified as he has been for every other role
The Donald doesn't care he knows more than everybody he said so
Good time to blast out of there
Well, it has been said that one of the reasons God made economists was to make weather forecasters look good...
Jumping off the titanic
More high powered ppl working 4 the govt,cannot stand being anywhere around trump in any capacity. Being clumped w/trump has become an embarrassment they don’t want 2 have 2 explain. They’ve run out of reasons why they’re associated at ALL w/trump🦠,they’re”social distancing”!😁
mle_goldman It’s not as if they are helping the American public or the economy. The Fed has inflated the bubble which was created by the tax cut. The tariffs are counterproductive and Trump’s response to COVID-19 has been disastrous. Biden is going to have his work cut out for him.
Excuse me, which recession? Do you live in another country or what do you mean? That we Americans know are not in recession and we are not close to it either FakeNews
Hey, why not? 🙄
As if Trump listens to any of them, anyway. They’d get more of his attention if they just went on Fox News and gave their advice. “Hey, who’s that guy? Seems pretty smart, right out of central casting. Oh, he was in MY administration? What a loser, I had to fire him.”
Time for Jared to step in 🤣🤣
.realDonaldTrump Cuz when the going gets tough, sh*t on it.
He basically said...Fuck this job!
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