West Palm Beach, Florida (CNN) President Donald Trump has seen a parade of favored aides come and go his first year in office, some more quickly than others. But rarely have two advisers been as publicly praised or as internally aggrandized as national security adviser John Bolton and top economist Larry Kudlow, who entered the West Wing this month from perches at cable television networks.

The President has not explicitly told Bolton and Kudlow they report directly to him, bypassing chief of staff John Kelly. But multiple sources with knowledge of the hierarchy said it is clear that, in effect, Trump's two newest aides are also his direct reports.

Trump views his new staffers as mini-executives, with wide unilateral prerogative for their own areas of focus, according to two senior administration officials. He has given them wide leeway to hire who they like and dismiss those they don't, the official said. The willingness to allow his new team wide latitude to make staffing decisions reflects Trump's style as chief executive of the Trump Organization, where different divisions were headed and run by trusted confidants, including his children, who all reported to him.

Trump demanded utmost loyalty from the people who held those positions. He's made similar indications about Kudlow and Bolton. Speaking at an event outside Miami on Monday, Trump looked for Kudlow in the crowd to augment his argument the US is enjoying "one of the greatest booms ever."

"What do you think, Larry?" Trump called out, prompting a quick "yeah" from the economist.

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