Bitter war for Trump's Treasury secretary spills into public

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Musk's public backing for Lutnick in a post on X went as far to discredit Bessent after Trump expressed his admiration for the finalist.
56% : 'Would be interesting to hear more people weigh in on this for [Trump] to consider feedback,' Musk wrote.
52% : Lutnik is helping Trump with his transition team and has been pictured dining with Trump and Musk around Mar-a-Lago in the nearly two weeks after the 2024 presidential election.
51% : The Tesla, X and SpaceX boss asked for users on his social media platform to tell Trump who they want to see lead the Treasury Department.
50% : Business-as-usual is driving America bankrupt, so we need change one way or another.'A public campaign has ensued among Donald Trump's closest allying advocating for him to pick Howard Lutnick as the next Treasury Department SecretaryMusk has been alongside Trump ever since Election Day on November 5 and is helping lead the transition efforts as the president-elect announces appointments and nominations for his White HouseRead More Who are Donald Trump's cabinet picks?
45% : People familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal that Trump and his senior aides have become at times annotated with the jockeying over Lutnik versus Bessent.

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