Kudlow says he has accepted job as Trump's top economic adviser

FILE PHOTO: Economic analyst Lawrence "Larry" Kudlow appears on CNBC at the New York Stock Exchange, (NYSE) in New York, U.S., March 7, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. television commentator and economic analyst Larry Kudlow said on Wednesday he had accepted an offer from President Donald Trump to become the White House's top economic adviser, replacing Gary Cohn. "The president offered me the position last evening and I accepted," Kudlow told Reuters, adding he thought the official announcement would come on Thursday. (Reporting by Jeff Mason; Editing by Paul Simao)