Economic adviser and CNBC contributor Larry Kudlow urged the “goofy GOP” to give up its monthlong August recess and “work like the rest of us” until they can come up with much-needed tax cuts and health care reform. His comments came during an interview Wednesday on “The Laura Ingraham Show.”

Kudlow, an informal economic adviser to President Donald Trump and former associate director for economics and planning in the Office of Management and Budget in the Reagan administration, latched onto the idea of canceling the August recess that House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) first championed.

As the Senate GOP’s attempt to partially repeal and replace Obamacare continues to fester in the Senate and tax-reform measures fall by the wayside, Kudlow encouraged Trump to apply more pressure on members of Congress.

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“I think they should not take the August recess vacation. No vacation in August unless or until we see a strong business tax cut as a downpayment, as an installment for a larger tax cut next year,” Kudlow said. “The goofy GOP are all over the place, these guys. Now I read that some of these senators actually want to raise taxes in the health care package, which is just nuts.”

“But a plan that we hatched with Mark Meadows in the Freedom Caucus is now catching on rapidly in the Senate — no August recess until we get the first installment of tax cuts,” Kudlow added. “Stay here and work like the rest of us. We are going to work in August. You’re going to work in August. The Congress should work in August.”

Trump’s informal economic adviser urged him to consider delivering a series of speeches in the Oval Office and speak directly to the impact on average Americans from Obamacare’s collapse and a burdensome tax code that stifles economic growth.

“I just want [Trump] to push harder. I know he loves the ‘no summer recess,'” Kudlow said. “And I think that’s just where they should go. You lose 25 legislative days if you take off all of August. In 25 legislative days, we could get ourselves a major business, small business tax cut. Plenty of time. And by the way, it could be attached to the reconciliation bill with health care.”

Kudlow also advised the president to use his second foreign trip this week at the G-20 summit in Poland to make his case for “America First” trade policies without resorting to blanket tariffs unless absolutely necessary.

His advice came after Trump tweeted Wednesday morning, “The United States made some of the worst trade deals in world history. Why should we continue these deals with countries that do not help us?”

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“A lot of our problems in the international arena are because we have too much government holding people back. We’re muzzling our own people. And we’ve got to stop that,” Kudlow said. “I think the best solution in general is to slash tax rates and regulations.”

“I don’t really think Mr. Trump is going to have blanket tariffs, by the way. I think he’s a good negotiator and I think he’s using this as a negotiating card, which is fine by me,” Kudlow added. “Use it as a negotiating tool. Use it as a last resort. Remember this — if you put tariffs or quotas on imports, you’re hurting American consumers because prices go up.”

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Arguing that “protectionist measures should always be taken as a last resort,” Kudlow encouraged Trump to try to “work it out” first with China and other countries that have exploited the U.S. in trade.

“Let’s not throw the baby out with the bathwater. Let’s use the rules, and let’s use the free market and tax reform and regulatory reform. And if we must — if we must, if there’s a clear case — then yes, temporary, targeted tariffs have always been used for a short period of time,” Kudlow said. “Let’s make it great to live and work in America. Let’s make it free, in the economic term.”

“If a country is breaking the rules constantly, then temporary tariffs can work as a negotiating tool principally. But I’m OK with that — temporary and targeted tariffs. But I’m not OK with blanket tariffs, and I don’t think that we benefit,” Kudlow added. “Regulations strangle business and workers. So let’s get rid of them. Taxes strangle business and workers. So let’s get rid of them. I think that is the ultimate solution.”