Posted on 11/11/2024 8:02:58 PM PST by CaptainK
BREAKING: President-elect Trump will nominate Scott Bessent for Treasury Secretary - Epoch Times
Can he run the treasury department successfully?
That’s been to scuttlebutt.
He has a “husband.”
I hope. Trump must trust him.
Rumors from a while ago that it was going to be Jamie Dimon. That was before Trump was able to capture the mandate so that choice wouldn’t make sense now. This isn’t 2016.
Watching.
How do they know?
Who’s controlling the information coming from inside the Trump team.
I’ll wait for Trump to announce.
What the flip, Kip?
Wtong choice.
Sounds good to me. He is about the only preson who made this point. Government is the 1st letter in GDP. People frequently forget that
Trump Advisor Scott Bessent Claims Economy Is Worse ...
Forbes
https://www.forbes.com › Billionaires
8 days ago — In a recent interview, the hedge fund executive discussed how the current U.S. economic growth is “government induced” and why federal debt
Gross. Not Government.
This one doesn’t look so good to me at first look.
Sorry Government spending is included in Gross Domestic Product calculations.
Most Democrats have this mistaken notion of how Keynesian theory words. They really believe that Government spending is the key a growing healthy economy.
Past my bedtime when I make that sort of gross mistake :-)
Don't care if he's married to an aardvark if he can do the damn job.
But is he LOYAL to Trump???
>>>>Don’t care if he’s married to an aardvark if he can do the damn job.<<<<
I care who or what a person is married to.
It’s an indicator of whether or not the person is sane.
That's the real question. Poofters have a long history of espionage and sabotage. It's in their DNA.
Yup.
Apparently I am swimming against the tide.
But I want Crypto and AI both ended, yesterday would not be soon enough.
Thay are mainly used by criminals, and when Gov. controls them that will be even more criminal.
“But is he LOYAL to Trump???”
The answer is yes. From Wikipedia:
In 2016, Bessent donated $1 million to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
In February 2024, Bessent hosted a fundraiser in Greenville, South Carolina, that raised nearly $7 million for Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign. In April 2024, Bessent was a host for a Palm Beach, Florida, fundraiser that raised $50 million for the Trump campaign.
In July 2024, Bloomberg Businessweek reported that Bessent was a key economic advisor to President Trump. He is reportedly a candidate for United States Secretary of the Treasury in a second Trump administration, and proposed a three-point economic plan for Trump modeled on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s “Three Arrows” economic policy.
Looking around for info on this guy I have mixed feelings (Soros connection). Molly Hemminway had a link to this article. It’s a long but interesting article. Bannon and Navarro like him which might explain Trump’s pick.
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