"Gary was here yesterday afternoon, I talked to him in my office several times, so I don't have any reason to think otherwise,” Sanders told reporters when asked if Cohn will stay at the White House.

ADVERTISEMENT Trump’s decision to announce new tariffs on steel and aluminum was a rebuke to Cohn, who argued for more than a year that the measures could hurt the U.S. economy and spark a trade war.

Multiple media reports said the president’s decision to forge ahead on tariffs could force Cohn to resign.

The former Goldman Sachs president has been rumored to be eyeing the exits on multiple occasions, only to stay at his post.

Cohn was said to have drafted a resignation letter after Trump blamed “both sides” last summer for violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., but eventually changed his mind.

Many believed Cohn might also leave after Congress passed the GOP’s tax overhaul, which was one of his top projects.

on Wednesday for opening an inspector general probe into the president's allegations that members of his campaign team were illegally surveilled by members of the Obama administration, rather than using Justice Department lawyers for the task. Trump reignited his criticism of Sessions this week, blasting him as "disgraceful" for opening an inspector general probe into the president's allegations that members of his campaign team were illegally surveilled by members of the Obama administration, rather than using Justice Department lawyers for the task.

Sanders has pushed back on that speculation, saying on Thursday that she knows of no plans by Trump to fire Sessions.

John Kelly James Mattis She also pushed back on an NBC News report that White House chief of staffand Defense Secretaryare working on a plan to replace McMaster.

"Look, Gen. McMaster's not going anywhere," Sanders said on "Fox & Friends" Friday morning.