Gary Cohn resigned on the same day Trump was again bragging about how everyone wants to work in his White House.
— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) March 7, 2018
If Trump had a sense of irony or any shame, that might bother him.
While the White House insisted there wasn't a single factor behind Cohn's resignation (as if that makes it better), Cohn threatened to leave last week if Trump launched a trade war, and then Trump went and launched a trade war, so.
Gary Cohn is resigning today because while neo-Nazis and treason might have been bad, these darn tariffs just went too far!
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) March 6, 2018
[Content Note: Anti-Semitism]
On his way out the door, Cohn was wished a fond farewell (cough) by Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney:
.@MickMulvaneyOMB's statement on the departure of Gary Cohn. pic.twitter.com/PgpOH6rcdE
— OMB Press (@OMBPress) March 6, 2018
At the Week, Peter Weber notes:
Cohn is Jewish, and "the term 'globalist' has also been used as an anti-Semitic dog whistle and echoes pernicious anti-Jewish conspiracy theories," explains Ben Sales at the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.Fuck this entire reprehensible administration.
"For the far right, globalism has long had distinct xenophobic, anti-immigrant, and anti-Semitic overtones," adds Liam Stack at his "glossary of extremist language" in The New York Times. "It refers to a conspiratorial worldview: a cabal that likes open borders, diversity, and weak nation states, and that dislikes white people, Christianity, and the traditional culture of their own country."
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