Scott Bessent: billionaire hedge-fund manager who is 'all in' for Trump

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Other examples of US treasury secretaries who have come from finance include Steven Mnuchin, who served under Trump in his first term, and had worked at Goldman Sachs.
53% : However, Trump instead picked Lutnick, one of his biggest fundraisers, to lead his trade and tariff strategy as head of the commerce department.
52% : The 62-year-old treasury nominee has spent his career in finance, and made a big bet on Trump winning the electionInvestor Scott Bessent has been nominated by Donald Trump to serve as treasury secretary.
45% : The choice came after days of deliberations by Trump as he sorted through a shifting list of candidates.
29% : As a money manager, he made a large bet on Trump winning after spotting what he called an anomaly in the market - that political and market analysts were too negative on what a Trump victory would mean.
25% : "Bessent has been on the side of less aggressive tariffs," said Oxford Economics' Ryan Sweet, adding that picking him makes the steep tariffs Trump proposed on the campaign trail less likely.

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