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Trump nominates Scott Bessent
X ^ | 11/22/2024 | The Associated Press

Posted on 11/24/2024 7:38:48 AM PST by Trump20162020

President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate Scott Bessent, former George Soros money manager, to lead the Treasury Department.


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1 posted on 11/24/2024 7:38:48 AM PST by Trump20162020
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To: Trump20162020

WTF?


2 posted on 11/24/2024 7:42:08 AM PST by wildcard_redneck
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3 posted on 11/24/2024 7:43:27 AM PST by skimbell
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4 posted on 11/24/2024 7:43:28 AM PST by skimbell
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Just read that he has a “husband” . Lol
Hopefully he does a good job but between working with Soros and being a fag that’s two strikes


5 posted on 11/24/2024 7:45:36 AM PST by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: Trump20162020

At least he’s not a Yalie who was in Skull and Bones.

He’s a Yalie who was in Wolf’s Head.


6 posted on 11/24/2024 7:46:21 AM PST by babble-on
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To: wildcard_redneck

Tired of winning yet?


7 posted on 11/24/2024 7:49:26 AM PST by Timber Rattler ("To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." --George Washington)
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To: Timber Rattler

No, I ain’t tired of winning against you Never Trump trolls. You guys are on a losing streak but I gotta give you all points for persistence. Will be fun the next 4 years.


8 posted on 11/24/2024 8:00:04 AM PST by hotsteppa
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RELAX everybody! It was always going to be Bessent or Kevin Warsh, but Trump wants Warsh to replace Jerome Powell as Fed President in 2026. Warsh is also not a tariff guy which is a problem for Trump at Treasury.

Roger Stone is a huge Bessent fan and insists the Soros connection was long ago and irrelevant. So we shall see. Yeah he's a fag with a "husband," but so is Peter Thiel, whose support in 2016 was critical.

9 posted on 11/24/2024 8:04:11 AM PST by montag813
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To: escapefromboston

FWIW, Bessent left Soros FM in 2015 and has been a big Trump supporter and fundraiser since 2016.


10 posted on 11/24/2024 8:05:17 AM PST by FreeReign
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To: Trump20162020

Very pleased with that. I had been hoping he would put someone forward from the gay community. Part of the attacks on Trump is that he is anti-gay and I’ve never seen that. I see him as able to deal with every person as an individual and judge them on their ability and effectiveness and not on their life styles. Being a New Yorker, he’s dealt with everyone. He wouldn’t be as successful as he is if he were a prejudiced man.

In my professional life and in my hobbies, I’ve known a lot of gay people that I’ve thought the world of. They aren’t the ones you see acting out in Pride Parades. They’re the ordinary everyday people who just fell for someone different and have the same odds of long term relationships as my friends who are straight. None of them wear rainbows or put up flags on their homes. None of them are embarrassed over their significant other.

I trust Trump to judge individuals, not classes of people. But politics needs some level of diversity to bring in voting blocks. Trump’s choice here is exactly right. He’s not trying to appeal to Biden’s flaming weirdos. He won’t bring in the weirdo voting block but he WILL bring in the normal American gay community that is professional.

Good choice!

As for the Soros connection, I’ll trust Trump to recognize that the man is not a hidden progressive but knows the other side and, hopefully, will be better equipped to protect us against them.


11 posted on 11/24/2024 8:06:49 AM PST by mairdie (GreenwichVillage ArmyPoet: https://www.iment.com/maida/family/father/oldsoldiersdrums/frontcover.htm)
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To: FreeReign

I’ll give Trump the benefit of the doubt but has picked some real stinkers before


12 posted on 11/24/2024 8:09:44 AM PST by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: wildcard_redneck

Well, he knows where the money is buried.


13 posted on 11/24/2024 8:12:00 AM PST by dblshot
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To: Trump20162020

As I recall when Lincoln had his Treasury Secretary forced on him Lincoln said fine, he can be in charge of the Treasury after we change the locks on the door.


14 posted on 11/24/2024 8:13:36 AM PST by Jolla
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We’ll said and te vast majority of Americans agree with you.

Biden-Harris = DEI

Trump = meritocracy.


15 posted on 11/24/2024 8:13:37 AM PST by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back!)
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To: mairdie

> I’ll trust Trump to recognize that the man is not a hidden progressive

You have a lot of faith in Trump’s biggest weakness.


16 posted on 11/24/2024 8:41:02 AM PST by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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I have total faith in his ability to analyze and correct. He’s said countless times that he came in knowing no one and having to trust people who supported him without really knowing them. This time is different. He KNOWS everyone. He’ll make better judgements about the real motivations of candidates and decide which ones will follow orders and which ones would have betrayed him.

He’ll reach out to keep expanding the communities that support him. Labor members joined him, even when the labor leaders were still supporting Dems. He needs people who will keep those connections to the labor people and trade back something for that support. It’s a very fine balancing act. No one but Trump has the ability to lift himself up on one toe standing on a huge ball bearing while still working his butt off.

The man will do it right. And when he doesn’t, he’ll correct himself yet again.


17 posted on 11/24/2024 8:48:09 AM PST by mairdie (GreenwichVillage ArmyPoet: https://www.iment.com/maida/family/father/oldsoldiersdrums/frontcover.htm)
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To: babble-on

And the top guy at Wolf’s Head.


18 posted on 11/24/2024 8:55:52 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: wildcard_redneck

https://www.wsj.com/politics/how-scott-bessent-won-the-knife-fight-to-be-trumps-treasury-secretary-a0e5ce33


19 posted on 11/24/2024 8:56:03 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Trump20162020

“Scott Bessent, former George Soros money manager”

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Every hedge fund manager was a “former George Soros money manager”.

So that’s a bulls#it characterization.


20 posted on 11/24/2024 9:23:29 AM PST by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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