United States
Republican
Director of the National Economic Council
media
Lawrence Alan Kudlow is an American conservative broadcast news analyst, economist, columnist, journalist, political commentator, and radio personality. He is a financial news commentator for Fox Business and served as the director of the National Economic Council during the Trump administration from 2018 to 2021. He assumed that role after his previous employment as a CNBC television financial news host. He is the vice chair of the board of the America First Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank founded to promote an America First public policy agenda.
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Jul 8, 2026
Lean Right
The former White House economic adviser published a Fox Business op-ed arguing the Marines should seize Iran's Kharg Island to destroy the regime's remaining economic lifeline.
Kudlow is lauded by Lean Right for a bold, sovereignty-first foreign policy proposal that aligns with a desire to decisively end Iranian threats.
Jul 1, 2026
Lean Right
Kudlow wrote a column calling for acceptance of Supreme Court decisions even when unfavorable, in the context of Trump v. Slaughter.
Kudlow represents the institutionalist conservative view that courts must be respected, a stance that some populist Lean Right readers view as too deferential.
Jun 5, 2026
Lean Right
Kudlow published a Fox Business commentary highlighting jobs growth more than doubling predictions and wage income beating inflation as validation of Trump's economic agenda.
Lean-right audiences trust Kudlow as a credible pro-growth voice who frames the economic data as a rebuke of pessimists and a direct product of deregulation and business-friendly policy.