NY moderates in White House spark infighting and suspicion
Tug of war sees business figures-turned-advisers pitted against GOP populists driving Trump's nationalist agenda
Washington
OUTSPOKEN, worldly and polished, this coterie of ascendant Manhattan business figures-turned-presidential advisers is scrambling the still-evolving power centres swirling around US President Donald Trump.
Led by Gary Cohn and Dina Powell - two former Goldman Sachs executives often aligned with Mr Trump's eldest daughter and son-in-law - the group and its broad network of allies are the targets of suspicion, loathing and jealousy from their more ideological West Wing colleagues.
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