Sourec: The UnPopulist
by Steve Chapman
“After two years chairing Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers, departing with a warm sendoff from the president in 2019, [Kevin Hassett] returned in Jan. as director of the National Economic Council. Hassett has managed this impressive feat without the indignity of remaking himself to fit Trump’s new radicalism. That’s because Hassett had already demonstrated that he places loyalty to Trump and the MAGA cause above intellectual integrity or scholarly reputation. He fits perfectly into Trump 2.0. So it comes as no surprise that Hassett may be Trump’s choice to replace Jerome Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve. … Hassett’s time in the White House confirms that there is no principle or insight of economics that he is not willing to discard to please his boss. When Trump spouts nonsense, Hassett is always there to offer a smiling, expert gloss on it.” (12/18/25)
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/kevin-hassett-has-a-strategy-to-become