On August 25, 2016, the Wall Street Journal released the results of a survey of 37 current and former living members (8 others did not respond to the Journal's inquiries) who served on the White House Council of Economic Advisers under 8 presidents. Twenty served under Democrat presidents and 17 under Republicans. Of the 8 who did not respond, 2 served Democrat presidents and 6 Republicans.
Of the 17 serving Republican presidents, 6 said they opposed Donald Trump and 11 declined to say either way. The 6 were concerned with Trump's anti-free trade policies. Two said they would vote for Hillary Clinton, one for Libertarian Gary Johnson, and the other 3 said they could not support Trump or Clinton.
Of those serving Democrat presidents, 13 said they supported Hillary Clinton and 7 declined to say.
The headline of the article is the message: "Economists Who've Advised Presidents Are No Fans of Donald Trump." It would be expected that advisers to Democrat presidents would oppose Trump. What is evidently newsworthy is that none of the CEA members under Republican presidents would state support for Trump.
Another story in the daily saga of prominent Republicans coming out against Trump.
