Trump Shifts Focus to Economic Team as Kudlow Rules Out Return https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-15/bessent-to-meet-with-trum... Larry Kudlow, Trump’s former National Economic Council director, who was in the mix for a senior economic policy job, informed the president-elect’s team that he does not want a role in the second term during a visit to Florida, according to a person familiar with the discussions. Kudlow declined to comment.