QuartzDonald Trump picks former George Soros executive Scott Bessent for Treasury Secretary
- Bias Rating
10% Center
- Reliability
90% ReliableExcellent
- Policy Leaning
10% Center
- Politician Portrayal
-12% Negative
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
55% : "In the week since his election, Trump has already filled a number of high-level roles in his incoming administration.53% : Trump tapped Florida Sen. Marco Rubio for Secretary of State Wednesday.
49% : In a speech last month, Trump called Bessent "one of the top analysts on Wall Street."
48% : "Among other promises to the crypto industry on the campaign trail, Trump vowed to create a national Bitcoin reserve, as well as a "Bitcoin and crypto presidential advisory council.
46% : Trump has yet to announce the nomination.
39% : "Trump had reportedly considered a slate of current and former finance industry executives, including John Paulson, a hedge-fund billionaire and founder of investment manager Paulson & Co., and Howard Lutnick, CEO of investment giant Cantor Fitzgerald and Trump transition team co-chair.
34% : In an interview with CNBC last week, Bessent said that there had been "no discussions about jobs," but that he will do whatever Trump asks.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.