Joe Lavorgna is a Managing Director and Chief Economist for SMBC Nikko Securities. He was previously the Chief Economist for the Americas at Natixis. While there, Joe took a one-year leave of absence to serve in the Trump administration, where he was Special Assistant to the President, and Chief Economist of the National Economic Council. Prior to Natixis, Joe spent 20 years with Deutsche Bank Securities in the Global Markets Division, where he was considered one of the leading Wall Street economists. Joe is also a Senior Fellow at the America First Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank. In this podcast, we discuss what it was like working for Trump, why Trump is now more effective, thoughts on tariffs, taxes and immigration, and much more.

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