...The cad! Twice caught beating wimmin!...
names billionaire Scott Bessent as his Treasury secretary, choosing the hedge fund manager to help execute an agenda promising tax cuts and tariffs.
Bessent, who is chief executive officer of Key Square Group, has called for an extension of tax cuts from Trump’s first term, wants to reassert American energy dominance, and believes it is necessary to deal with the budget deficit.
"Scott is widely respected as one of the world’s foremost international investors and geopolitical and economic strategists," Trump says in a statement.
"He will help me usher in a new Golden Age for the United States, as we fortify our position as the world’s leading economy," he says, adding Bessent will also help "reinvigorate the private sector, and help curb the unsustainable path of federal debt."
The nomination of Bessent — who recently served as an economic advisor to Trump — will put him at the forefront of rolling out the president-elect’s economic plan, from seeing tax cuts through Congress to managing ties with countries like China.
The position carries influence over both domestic and international policy.
Bessent, who is from South Carolina, attended Yale University and served as chief investment officer of Soros Fund Management, the macroeconomic investment firm of billionaire George Soros
...either Ernst Stavro Blofeld or Auric Goldfinger come true...In 2015, he raised capital, including $2 billion from Soros, to start his own hedge fund.
Trump Drops a Flurry of Nominees to Head FDA, OMB, CDC, and HUD
[Townhall] It’s been another crazy night of Trump nominations, with Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR) and Scott Bessent being tapped to lead the Department of Labor and the Treasury Department, respectively. Bessent’s nomination rounds out the Big Four of the Trump administration—attorney general, defense secretary, treasury, and secretary of state—but Ms. Chavez DeRemer might have some trouble due to her support of the Protecting the Right to Organize Act.
Still, that didn’t stop the president-elect from naming people to helm the Food and Drug Administration, Housing and Urban Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Office of Management and Budget tonight. Mr. Trump also named who he wants to be surgeon general:
| Herewith the list. Details at the link. |
- Dr. Janette Nesheiwat for surgeon general
- Dr. Dave Weldon to head the CDC
- Marty Makary for the FDA
- Scott Turner at HUD
- Russell Thurlow Vought for OMB
- Sebastian Gorka as senior White House advisor for counterterrorism
- Alex Wong as a national security advisor
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