The two finalists to become Trump’s Treasury Secretary
— the person will have a major hand in cutting taxes for the wealthy and raising tariffs so everyone pays more
— are #Howard #Lutnick, who’s CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald and Trump’s co-transition chair,
and #Steven #Bessent, the founder of the investment firm Key Square Capital Management.
Lutnick had been in the lead but a few days ago, according to the The Wall Street Journal, he heard from Trump’s allies that he might not get the nod.
So Lutnick turned for help to #Elon #Musk, who now calls himself Trump’s “First Buddy.”
Bessent’s supporters also reached out to Musk to endorse Bessent, which tells you alot about the palace intrigue going on now in Mar-a-Lago, and how much power Musk is now wielding.
Yesterday, Musk, posted on his X that Lutnick would be a better choice for treasury secretary than Bessent:
“My view fwiw is that Bessent is a business-as-usual choice, whereas @howardlutnick will actually enact change. Business-as-usual is driving America bankrupt, so we need change one way or another.”
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-first-buddy-is-in-deep-shit
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2024-11-17 18:10:46
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