Opinion | Trump wants sweeping change -- except at Treasury. That's a relief.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

77% : Trump sees the stock market as a clear barometer of his performance.
64% : Bessent is loyal to Trump.
54% : Trump wants to be able to tout even greater highs in his second term.
51% : That's a mindset Wall Street -- and Trump -- can work with.
50% : Bessent has also floated an idea to curb the power of Fed leader Jerome H. Powell by having Trump quickly nominate a new chair early on.
47% : That's the biggest takeaway from the dramatic process that culminated in Trump finally naming hedge fund mogul Scott Bessent as his pick for treasury secretary.
38% : Almost immediately, he will be faced with helping push for Congress to lift the debt ceiling -- which is set to expire in January before Trump takes office.
37% : Trump has mentioned the idea of having a "crypto czar" role in the White House.
20% : On top of that, tech titan Elon Musk, who has seemingly gone everywhere with Trump lately, tweeted out a list of government "waste" in the 2023 budget.
17% : Already, Bessent has become a Wall Street whisperer for Trump, trying to assuage fears about Trump's planned tariffs.

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