Trump Calls Outgoing Economic Adviser ‘a Globalist’ Who ‘Loves His Country’

U.S. President Donald Trump and National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn affirm their support for each other at Camp David in Thurmont, Maryland, on Jan. 6, 2018. Chris Kleponis-Pool/Getty Images

President Donald Trump shared an unfiltered description of outgoing Chief Economic Advisor Gary Cohn at his last cabinet meeting on Thursday.

“He may be a globalist, but I still like him. He’s seriously a globalist,“ Trump said. ”There’s no question. You know what? In his own way, he’s a nationalist because he loves his country.”