Donald Trump, Scott Bessent

Donald Trump to tap Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary, ending fierce battle for key job: sources
Bessent, the 62-year-old founder of Key Square Group, has repeated backed the president-elect’s pro-tariff stance in a series of op-eds and media appearances over the past year.
‘Sigh of relief’: Wall Street welcomes Donald Trump’s pick of Scott Bessent for Treasury secretary
Steven Mnuchin, Trump’s first and only Treasury secretary who came from Goldman Sachs, was instrumental in reassuring financial markets that Powell’s job was safe despite threats from the then-president — something Wall Street would demand of Bessent.
Donald Trump picks hedge fund manager Scott Bessent for Treasury secretary
The Treasury Secretary is a high-level Cabinet position charged with advising the president on matters related to financial, economic and tax policy.
Trump taps hedge fund manager Bessent to lead Treasury
President-elect Donald Trump has picked Scott Bessent, a hedge fund manager and major Trump fundraiser, to be his next Treasury secretary, people familiar with the decision said. Bessent, who has been among Trump’s biggest allies on Wall Street,
Trump expected to pick Scott Bessent as treasury secretary
Scott Bessent campaigned for Trump all year and is seen as a figure who can make populist rhetoric palatable to Wall Street.
Trump Prepares to Name Bessent as Treasury Secretary, Bloomberg Reports
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is preparing to name Scott Bessent, a longtime hedge fund investor who taught at Yale University for several years, to be his treasury secretary, Bloomberg reported on Friday,
Trump Nominates Scott Bessent for Treasury Secretary
President-elect Donald Trump nominated Scott Bessent to head up the Department of the Treasury on Friday. "I am most pleased to nominate Scott Bessent to serve as the 79th Secretary of the Treasury of the United States,
Trump chooses Bessent to be Treasury secretary and Vought as top budget official
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen former George Soros money manager Scott Bessent, a deficit reduction advocate, as his next Treasury secretary.

Trump, Wall Street

Exclusive-Fund manager Bessent scores double on Trump victory
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