Trump names investor Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary
President-elect Trump on Friday named billionaire investor Scott Bessent to be his Treasury secretary. Bessent would be the key leader of the president-elect’s economic team, which will be tasked with imposing an aggressive tariff regime meant to shake up global trade while keeping financial markets calm amid the disruption.
If confirmed, Bessent would runn the department that manages the nation's finances as well as its tax agency, the Internal ...
From his years working for George Soros to his role as a key economic advisor to Trump, Bessent has extensive if ...
"I am most pleased to nominate Scott Bessent to serve as the 79th Secretary of the Treasury of the United States," Trump said ...
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