President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly eyeing Fox Business host Larry Kudlow for a top economic role in his administration.
Kudlow, who served as director of the National Economic Council during the Trump administration, will meet with the president-elect later this week. A person familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal..
The 77-year-old former CNBC contributor is considered to lead the NEC, or possibly the Treasury Department, people familiar with the matter told the Journal.
President Trump's transition team did not respond to requests for comment.
Mr. Kudlow has praised Mr. Trump's proposed policies on his weekday Fox show, and recently announced that he would like to comment on the president-elect's Cabinet reshuffle.[shaking] surpassed the establishment in Washington, DC. ”
Kudlow's allies are appealing directly to President Trump to reinstate the economic expert in his second administration, people familiar with the matter told the Journal.
Fox Star could be chosen as tensions rise in battle for Treasury secretary between Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick and investor and hedge fund manager Scott Bessent is on the rise, the report said.
The paper said, based on Trump advisers and sources, that Lutnick and Bessent's allies are each actively campaigning for their own candidates and are in the midst of a “cold war.” The report said that Trump is irritating him.
According to the report, Trump and his team also hired Robert Lighthizer, who served as trade representative in Trump's first administration, and Mark Rowan, CEO of Apollo Global Management, to serve as Treasury secretary and others. It is said that he was promoted to the position of
Sources said Rowan met with President Trump in New York before the election and discussed the current state of the economy.
According to people familiar with the matter, the two have not met again since the election.
Trump had not made a decision as of late Thursday, and talks are expected to continue through Friday, the people said.
According to the report, if one of Trump's nominees is chosen to be Treasury secretary, other candidates are likely to be considered for NEC director.
President Trump has announced more than a dozen Cabinet nominees, including vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health Department secretary and former Fox News host Pete Hegseth. The list also includes controversial figures such as former Congressman Matt Gaetz, who will be Secretary of Defense. As attorney general, he has been accused of sexual misconduct and illegal drug use.
