National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow delivered an impassioned speech Friday morning in which he denied writing an anonymous New York Times essay and asked the author to "come out of the woodwork."
Kudlow appeared on CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" and defended his role in the Trump White House two days after a senior administration official's opinion piece was published in the Times, a piece that claimed Trump is damaging the country.
"I am honored to be in this position in the White House to help him. And others on our team on a day-to-day basis," Kudlow said.
"Would I work against him? That's just crazy. I saw a couple of publications say that I and some others here are responsible for that crazy editorial. That is just nuts. Nuts. Of course I have nothing to do with this. I have been working my tail off with six months, and he's on the right track."
Kudlow then ripped the content of the editorial, which claimed Trump's actions and his leadership style are doing more harm than good to the country.
"You know, instead of these egotistical, personalized vendettas against the president who himself is a patriotic American … Why don't people try to help him instead of harm him? Or why don't they come out of the woodwork and at least display some honesty and be quoted on the record so we could engage them in a decent discussion?
"If there's a disagreement, then come out of the woodwork, put yourself on the record, and let's talk."
A number of administration officials have publicly stated that they did not write the Times essay.
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