Conservative economists are in agony over Trump's tariffs — but can't get in to see him
by Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times
Mar 05, 2018
3 minutes
Shed a tear for Lawrence Kudlow, Arthur Laffer and Stephen Moore. Formerly numbered among Donald Trump's most valued economic advisors, and consequently his most assiduous defenders, they've been hung out to dry as the president announced the most consequential economic policy of his tenure: the imposition of tariffs on imported steel and aluminum.
Moore and Kudlow took to Fox Business Network on Friday, the day after Trump's tariff announcement, to complain that they were left on the outside looking in when Trump
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