President-Elect Donald Trump Went On An Appointing Spree Friday Night

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Trump named the billionaire hedge fund manager Scott Bessent to serve as his next treasury secretary.
49% : Teamsters President Sean O'Brien urged Trump to pick the Oregonian representative, according to Politico.
49% : Trump named former Texas state representative and pro football player Scott Turner to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
47% : "The effort won bipartisan praise," NPR reports, "though critics suggested the wealthy investors getting tax breaks saw more benefit than local residents.
44% : As Caitlin Dewey wrote for Vanity Fair earlier this week, Trump "is defying virtually every norm of presidential transitions, from coordinating with federal agencies to background-checking the candidates for top administration jobs.
36% : Trump has also, per the Post, not yet collaborated with the General Services Administration, an office in charge of handing over control of hundreds of agencies, because the president-elect has not turned in required pledges to follow ethics rules (like personal conflicts of interest).

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