A departing top economic adviser to Donald Trump said the chanceof hitting the president's growth target this year is becoming lesscertain amid risks from the trade war and a ballooning budgetdeficit.

There's increasing uncertainty about America's ability to hitthe 3 percent growth goal that Trump has said the world's biggesteconomy will surpass under his policies, said Kevin Hassett,chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers. Trump tweetedSunday that Hassett, who was confirmed in September 2017, willleave the position “shortly.”

“I'm still at 3 percent for the year, but the point is: Theuncertainty about the forecast is much higher than the last time wetalked,” Hassett said on CNN on Monday, after being asked about theimpact of the U.S. trade war. Growth in the second quarter waslikely closer to 2 percent, he said. GDP expanded at a 3.1 percentannualized rate in the first quarter.