Another Sachs big in, Giuliani out
Donald Trump is likely to name the president of Goldman Sachs as a top economic-policy adviser — while Rudy Giuliani announced Friday he won’t be taking a position in the Trump administration.
Trump’s pick of Gary Cohn, 56, to head his White House National Economic Council comes despite the president-elect’s past slams against Wall Street’s power and of Goldman Sachs in particular.
During the campaign, Trump hammered the bank and its CEO, Lloyd Blankfein, airing a TV ad that called him part of a “global power structure” that had robbed America’s working class.
Cohn would join at least two other former Goldman bankers in the Trump administration — Treasury Secretary-designate Steven Mnuchin and White House adviser Steve Bannon.
Giuliani, meanwhile, told The Post that he pulled his name out of contention for secretary of state — and Trump never told him he would not get the job.
“I wasn’t told I wasn’t getting it. I wasn’t told I was,’’ the former mayor said.
He insisted, “I didn’t join the Trump campaign for a job.’’
“I am happy where I am and what I’m doing,’’ said Giuliani, who works for a major law firm.
He also insisted there were no major red flags that prompted him to withdraw.
“I went through the vetting process and came out with flying colors,” said Giuliani, who has worked for foreign governments as a consultant.
The former mayor said he hopes Mitt Romney doesn’t get the secretary-of-state job.
“My advice would be Mitt went a little too far” in blasting Trump during the campaign, Giuliani said.