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Podcast: The Conversation with Dasha Burns
Episode: 'They're causing real harm': Kevin Hassett on the Dems' shutdown standoff
Description: Kevin Hassett is the director of the National Economic Council and arguably the economist closest to President Donald Trump. Right now, he’s also one of the top advisers tasked with explaining the economic fallout of the government shutdown and forging a path forward.
Hassett joins POLITICO’s Dasha Burns for this week’s episode of The Conversation, where he talks about the shutdown standoff on Capitol Hill, when Americans should start feeling the benefits of Trump’s big tax bill and how the trade wars may affect the midterms.Â
“The really striking thing is that the pl...