A news person as head of Dept of Commerce?
Former commodity trader. I traded commodities in a previous life. We have to know EVERYTHING to be successful. The fact that he traded successfully tells me everything I have to know. He is part of our “Big Head Club”. People who have brains barely constrained by their skulls. Finance, Politics, Weather, Logistics, Government, Commercial Law, Economics, Psychology and all the rest. You need to know everything to trade commodities. Scoff at him if you want, but understand this: He has 10 times the intellect and grasp of other news people.