# Professor Roy Smith is interviewed about Goldman Sachs alumni serving on President Trump's administration

1 Faculty News January 18, 2018 ![The New York Times Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_027320.jpg?itok=W8xBr66g)>

Excerpt from [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/business/goldman-sachs-trump.html) -- "\[Gary Cohn\] delivered the tax legislation,' \[[Smith](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/roy-smith)\] said. 'Whether you agree with it or not, he executed. That’s his skill. And he stood up to the president after Charlottesville. People respect that. I think he could leave now with his reputation intact.' Alone among the prominent Goldman alumni in the administration, Mr. Mnuchin seems likely to stay. 'He’s been a good and loyal employee,' Professor Smith said. 'But he’s more of a Hollywood person now. His reputation in the professional financial sector may not matter that much to him.'"

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