While some lament the loss of a pro-trade and anti-tariff voice, others (in the FT comments section) highlight the most likely motivations of a former vampire squid second-in-command.
It was always obvious Cohn was not going to stay for long. His key motivation to take a role in Trump's government was that he was able to sell all his Goldman stock (and other related investments) at once tax free. Nice return on one year’s work.
While some lament the loss of a pro-trade and anti-tariff voice, others (in the FT comments section) highlight the most likely motivations of a former vampire squid second-in-command.
It was always obvious Cohn was not going to stay for long. His key motivation to take a role in Trump's government was that he was able to sell all his Goldman stock (and other related investments) at once tax free. Nice return on one year’s work.