Trump: Economic adviser Larry Kudlow suffers heart attack

In this file photo taken on April 6, 2018 National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow speaks during an interview in front of the White House in Washington, DC. US President Donald Trump on June 11, 2018 tweeted that his top economic advisor Larry Kudlow had suffered a heart attack. AFP

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that his top economic adviser, Larry Kudlow, has suffered a heart attack.

Trump tweeted just minutes before his historic meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that Kudlow is being treated at Walter Reed Medical Center.

Kudlow joined Trump last week in Canada for the G-7 meeting of world leaders.

Trump tweets that, “Our Great Larry Kudlow, who has been working so hard on trade and the economy, has just suffered a heart attack.”

Kudlow is the director of the National Economic Council.   /kga

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