Larry Kudlow

Defying expectations and overturning pollsters’ predictions that had underestimated the “red wave,” Donald Trump is preparing to cross the threshold of the White House for a second time.

U.S. television commentator and conservative economic analyst Larry Kudlow will replace Gary Cohn as President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, the White House and Kudlow said on March 14, adding another loyalist to Trump’s inner circle.

Larry Kudlow will take the job of top economic advisor to President Donald Trump, replacing Gary Cohn.

On Wednesday, Kudlow and the White House confirmed the economist and senior CNBC contributor accepted the post of National Economic Council director. The president offered Kudlow the job on Tuesday night after other conversations between the pair on Sunday and Monday.