Trump nominates Scott Bessent to lead US Treasury

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : "Scott is widely respected as one of the World’s foremost International Investors and Geopolitical and Economic Strategists," Trump said in a statement posted to Truth Social on Friday.
57% : Trump also announced his backing for Dr Janette Nesheiwat as Surgeon General, one of the most senior health positions in the country, and Russell Vought as director of the US Office of Management and Budget which helps decide policy priorities and how they should be funded.
53% : For other posts, Trump has been willing to back candidates with minimal experience in favour of loyalty and apparent conviction in his pledges.
52% : a flurry of announcements on Friday evening, Trump also nominated Republican Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer for US Labor Secretary.
51% : Such support would make him the first treasury secretary to openly champion cryptocurrency, sending a clear signal that Trump is serious about establishing the US as the "crypto capital of the planet".
48% : On the campaign trail, he told voters that Trump would usher in a "new golden age with de-regulation, low-cost energy, [and] low taxes".
29% : Trump has also called for controversial changes to trade policy, proposing sweeping tariffs on all goods coming into the country.

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