President Donald Trump said Tuesday there&#39;s a &quot;very good chance&quot; he would name conservative television personality Larry Kudlow to replace top economic advisor Gary Cohn, who resigned last week following a battle over import tariffs.

Like Cohn, Kudlow has a record of opposing import duties on steel and aluminum, but Trump said the TV pundit had &quot;come around to believing in tariffs.&quot;

&quot;I&#39;m looking at Larry Kudlow very strongly. I&#39;ve known him a long time,&quot; Trump said at the White House as he prepared to depart for California to view prototypes of a border wall, long a centerpiece of his immigration policies.

&quot;Larry has been a friend of mine for a long time. He backed me very early in the campaign. I think he was one of my original backers. He&#39;s a very, very talented man.

&quot;I&#39;m also speaking to many others. But I think Larry has a very good chance,&quot; Trump added.

Under former President Ronald Reagan, Kudlow, 70, oversaw the White House Office of Management and Budget for five years.

He also served as chief economist at the onetime investment bank Bear Stearns from 1987 to 1994.

Kudlow joined the cable business news network CNBC in 2001, where he has since featured prominently as a commentator and host, with an exuberant style and bullish, pro-free trade views.

Still, in 2007, on the eve of the global financial crisis, he told viewers there would be no recession in the United States.

Two years ago, Kudlow supported Trump&#39;s bid for the White House, favoring the Republican&#39;s campaign pledges to build a wall and cut taxes.

Married three times, Kudlow has acknowledged undergoing treatment for alcoholism and cocaine dependency in the 1990s.

Under former President Ronald Reagan, Kudlow, 70, oversaw the White House Office of Management and Budget for five years.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday there's a "very good chance" he would name conservative television personality Larry Kudlow to replace top economic advisor Gary Cohn, who resigned last week following a battle over import tariffs. Like Cohn, Kudlow has a record of opposing import duties on steel and aluminum, but Trump said the TV pundit had "come around to believing in tariffs." "I'm looking at Larry Kudlow very strongly. I've known him a long time," Trump said at the White House as he prepared to depart for California to view prototypes of a border wall, long a centerpiece of his immigration policies. "Larry has been a friend of mine for a long time. He backed me very early in the campaign. I think he was one of my original backers. He's a very, very talented man. "I'm also speaking to many others. But I think Larry has a very good chance," Trump added. Under former President Ronald Reagan, Kudlow, 70, oversaw the White House Office of Management and Budget for five years. He also served as chief economist at the onetime investment bank Bear Stearns from 1987 to 1994. Kudlow joined the cable business news network CNBC in 2001, where he has since featured prominently as a commentator and host, with an exuberant style and bullish, pro-free trade views. Still, in 2007, on the eve of the global financial crisis, he told viewers there would be no recession in the United States. Two years ago, Kudlow supported Trump's bid for the White House, favoring the Republican's campaign pledges to build a wall and cut taxes. Married three times, Kudlow has acknowledged undergoing treatment for alcoholism and cocaine dependency in the 1990s.

Trump eyes TV pundit as new economics guru

It has been a&nbsp;turbulent&nbsp;week for Republican US presidential nominee Donald Trump after his ambiguous statement referring to possible actions that &quot;Second Amendment people&quot;&nbsp;could do in order to stop Democratic rival Hillary Clinton from nominating liberal US Supreme Court justices.&nbsp; 
 
&quot;Hillary wants to essentially abolish the Second Amendment. If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second amendment people,&nbsp;maybe there is, I don&#39;t know,&quot; Trump told a rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, on Wednesday.&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 
The Second Amendment&nbsp;states: &quot;A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.&quot; It is often&nbsp;invoked&nbsp;by gun rights activists and other&nbsp;US&nbsp;citizens&nbsp;demanding&nbsp;the right to carry firearms, whether or not&nbsp;they are&nbsp;in a militia maintaining the security of the state.&nbsp; 
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Even if Trump clarified afterwards that he was just appealing to gun rights activists&nbsp;not to vote for Clinton, many understood his remark as a call to violence against her and a menace to a presidential candidate&#39;s own safety.&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 
Social media accused him of effectively calling for Clinton&rsquo;s assassination, and&nbsp;the&nbsp;web was filled&nbsp;with tens of thousands of Tweets and posts.&nbsp;&nbsp; 
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An additional major blow for the Republican candidate appeared today on Patti&nbsp;Davis&#39;&nbsp;Facebook timeline. Ronald Reagan&#39;s daughter&nbsp;criticised&nbsp;the kind of verbal violence Trump used, recalling&nbsp;what happened to her father, who was shot at by a man who was&nbsp;inspired by a movie. 
 
Coming directly from the daughter of the man who many consider synonymous with the&nbsp;Republican Party, such a comment does not go unnoticed.&nbsp;

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The&nbsp;defence that critics are all Democrats or members of the &quot;politically correct&quot; liberal establishment does not seem to be&nbsp;sticking, as&nbsp;Trump is facing serious, and mounting, criticism&nbsp;within his own ranks.&nbsp; 
 
Reagan&#39;s indictment&nbsp;comes shortly&nbsp;after the decision taken on Monday by fifty prominent Republican national security officials,&nbsp;including&nbsp;a former CIA director, who joined together in declaring they will not vote for Donald Trump as he would be&nbsp;&quot;the most reckless president in American history&quot;. 
 
The list of Republican politicians&nbsp;distancing themselves from Trump is<a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/10/politics/donald-trump-republican-opposition/"> long and growing</a>. Time will tell if the same trend applies to voters.&nbsp; 
 
(WION)

Patti Davis wrote a poignant criticism on her Facebook profile, reminding Trump how her father was shot at by a person inspired by a movie

It has been a turbulent week for Republican US presidential nominee Donald Trump after his ambiguous statement referring to possible actions that "Second Amendment people" could do in order to stop Democratic rival Hillary Clinton from nominating liberal US Supreme Court justices. "Hillary wants to essentially abolish the Second Amendment. If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second amendment people, maybe there is, I don't know," Trump told a rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, on Wednesday. The Second Amendment states: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." It is often invoked by gun rights activists and other US citizens demanding the right to carry firearms, whether or not they are in a militia maintaining the security of the state. Even if Trump clarified afterwards that he was just appealing to gun rights activists not to vote for Clinton, many understood his remark as a call to violence against her and a menace to a presidential candidate's own safety. Social media accused him of effectively calling for Clinton’s assassination, and the web was filled with tens of thousands of Tweets and posts. An additional major blow for the Republican candidate appeared today on Patti Davis' Facebook timeline. Ronald Reagan's daughter criticised the kind of verbal violence Trump used, recalling what happened to her father, who was shot at by a man who was inspired by a movie. Coming directly from the daughter of the man who many consider synonymous with the Republican Party, such a comment does not go unnoticed. The defence that critics are all Democrats or members of the "politically correct" liberal establishment does not seem to be sticking, as Trump is facing serious, and mounting, criticism within his own ranks. Reagan's indictment comes shortly after the decision taken on Monday by fifty prominent Republican national security officials, including a former CIA director, who joined together in declaring they will not vote for Donald Trump as he would be "the most reckless president in American history". The list of Republican politicians distancing themselves from Trump is long and growing. Time will tell if the same trend applies to voters. (WION)

Ronald Reagan's daughter slams Donald Trump's verbal violence

John Hinckley Jr., who wounded former US president Ronald Reagan and three other people in a 1981 assassination attempt, should be freed after 35 years and released to live with his mother, a federal judge ruled yesterday. 
 
US district judge Paul Friedman said Hinckley no longer posed a danger to himself or others and could be released from a government psychiatric hospital in Washington. 
 
Hinckley, 61, &quot;is permitted to reside full-time in Williamsburg, Virginia, on convalescent leave, which shall begin no sooner than Aug. 5, 2016,&quot; Friedman said in a 14-page order. His mother lives in Williamsburg, about 210 kilometre south of Washington. 
 
The order includes a requirement that Hinckley meet with his psychiatrist in Washington at least once a month and notify the Secret Service when he travels for the appointment. 
 
A jury found Hinckley not guilty by reason of insanity for the attack on Reagan, which also badly wounded presidential press secretary James Brady. Hinckley carried out the attack in a bid to impress actress Jodie Foster, with whom he was obsessed. 
 
(AFP)

Hinckley will live with his mother after his release in August and be required to meet with his psychiatrist at least once a month

John Hinckley Jr., who wounded former US president Ronald Reagan and three other people in a 1981 assassination attempt, should be freed after 35 years and released to live with his mother, a federal judge ruled yesterday. US district judge Paul Friedman said Hinckley no longer posed a danger to himself or others and could be released from a government psychiatric hospital in Washington. Hinckley, 61, "is permitted to reside full-time in Williamsburg, Virginia, on convalescent leave, which shall begin no sooner than Aug. 5, 2016," Friedman said in a 14-page order. His mother lives in Williamsburg, about 210 kilometre south of Washington. The order includes a requirement that Hinckley meet with his psychiatrist in Washington at least once a month and notify the Secret Service when he travels for the appointment. A jury found Hinckley not guilty by reason of insanity for the attack on Reagan, which also badly wounded presidential press secretary James Brady. Hinckley carried out the attack in a bid to impress actress Jodie Foster, with whom he was obsessed. (AFP)

Judge orders former US president Reagan's attacker to be released

Freshly minted as his party&#39;s choice for the White House, Republican Donald Trump today will make a display of solidarity with his running mate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, a social conservative who is at odds with Trump on many issues. 
 
Pence, the keynote speaker on the third day of the Republican convention in Cleveland, has been well-received by the Republican Party&#39;s social conservative wing, who were skeptical of Trump&#39;s commitment to opposing abortion and same-sex marriage but trust his running mate, a former US lawmaker. 
 
But joint appearances between the two men have been awkward. Trump and Pence shared the stage only briefly on Saturday as Pence publicly agreed to be Trump&#39;s running mate, and their first televised interview together, on CBS&#39;s &quot;60 Minutes&quot;, was not smooth. 
 
For example, asked about Pence&#39;s support in Congress for war in Iraq, Trump responded, &quot;I don&#39;t care,&quot; saying Pence was allowed to make occasional mistakes. When the interviewer asked if Democratic presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton should get the same wiggle room on her own Iraq vote when she was a US senator, Trump said, &quot;No&quot;. 
 
The choreography of the Cleveland convention, where Trump was formally named the party&#39;s nominee for the November 8 election, has been uneven. At times, anti-Trump delegates interrupted to shout their displeasure. Tuesday&#39;s session was intended to focus on the economy, but few speakers hewed to the theme. 
 
Several convention delegates called Trump&#39;s choice of running mate a step toward uniting a bitterly divided Republican Party and working to build bridges with the party&#39;s establishment. Pence&#39;s performance today and his interactions with Trump, could help to sell hesitant Republicans at home on the duo. 
 
Pence will speak in prime time today, a day dedicated to &quot;Make America First Again&quot;. Earlier in the day, he will appear with his wife, Karen, Trump and his family at a welcome event. 
 
On Tuesday, Pence delivered a surprise address to the American Conservative Union, where he repeatedly compared Trump to former Republican President Ronald Reagan, a favourite among the party faithful. He said he had gotten to know Trump and knew he cared about helping Americans. 
 
&quot;For all the world he reminds me of Ronald Reagan,&quot; Pence said. &quot;My fellow conservatives, it&#39;s time for us to come together. Come together around this good man.&quot; 
 
(Reuters)

The two shared the stage only briefly on Saturday at the Republican Convention, but now Pence compares Trump to Ronald Reagan

Freshly minted as his party's choice for the White House, Republican Donald Trump today will make a display of solidarity with his running mate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, a social conservative who is at odds with Trump on many issues. Pence, the keynote speaker on the third day of the Republican convention in Cleveland, has been well-received by the Republican Party's social conservative wing, who were skeptical of Trump's commitment to opposing abortion and same-sex marriage but trust his running mate, a former US lawmaker. But joint appearances between the two men have been awkward. Trump and Pence shared the stage only briefly on Saturday as Pence publicly agreed to be Trump's running mate, and their first televised interview together, on CBS's "60 Minutes", was not smooth. For example, asked about Pence's support in Congress for war in Iraq, Trump responded, "I don't care," saying Pence was allowed to make occasional mistakes. When the interviewer asked if Democratic presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton should get the same wiggle room on her own Iraq vote when she was a US senator, Trump said, "No". The choreography of the Cleveland convention, where Trump was formally named the party's nominee for the November 8 election, has been uneven. At times, anti-Trump delegates interrupted to shout their displeasure. Tuesday's session was intended to focus on the economy, but few speakers hewed to the theme. Several convention delegates called Trump's choice of running mate a step toward uniting a bitterly divided Republican Party and working to build bridges with the party's establishment. Pence's performance today and his interactions with Trump, could help to sell hesitant Republicans at home on the duo. Pence will speak in prime time today, a day dedicated to "Make America First Again". Earlier in the day, he will appear with his wife, Karen, Trump and his family at a welcome event. On Tuesday, Pence delivered a surprise address to the American Conservative Union, where he repeatedly compared Trump to former Republican President Ronald Reagan, a favourite among the party faithful. He said he had gotten to know Trump and knew he cared about helping Americans. "For all the world he reminds me of Ronald Reagan," Pence said. "My fellow conservatives, it's time for us to come together. Come together around this good man." (Reuters)

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