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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

Published Sun, Mar 19, 2017 · 09:50 PM

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    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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