Trump nominates investment manager Scott Bessent, a gay man, as Treasury secretary

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : Trump has raised funds for the Center for Renewing America.
61% : "When it comes to the economy, the government under Trump is of, by and for the ultrawealthy.
55% : "Scott has long been a strong advocate of the America First Agenda," Trump said in a statement Friday, confirming earlier reporting by several major news outlets that Bessent would be the Treasury nominee.
54% : "Bessent has "signaled support for a more gradual approach to tariffs" than that of Trump, who has called for a 60 percent tariff on goods from China and 10 percent to 20 percent on those from other countries, CNN notes.
51% : But "Trump liked [Bessent's] billionaire bona fides and the fact that he converted to the MAGA movement after working for Soros," CNN reports.
20% : Vought is a coauthor of the deeply anti-LGBTQ+ Project 2025, a blueprint for conservative government that Trump has claimed to know nothing about.

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