Trump Team Prepares to Announce Bessent as Treasury Pick
- Bias Rating
-30% Somewhat Liberal
- Reliability
75% ReliableGood
- Policy Leaning
-16% Somewhat Liberal
- Politician Portrayal
-8% Negative
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The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
60% : If confirmed by the Senate -- which will be in Republican hands by the time Trump takes office in January --50% : Another contender, transition co-chair Howard Lutnick was taken out of the running earlier when Trump named him to lead the Commerce Department.
48% : During Trump's first term, the then-president called out dollar appreciation for being harmful to US manufacturers and even considered government intervention to manage the greenback's value.
47% : Most Read from BloombergThe announcement is expected to be made as soon as Friday, said the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the process, and a press release is being prepared.Bessent, 62, served as a key economic adviser to Trump during the campaign, promoting his agenda and crafting policy speeches.
44% : Until the announcement is final, Trump could still opt for another candidate.
43% : Trump has been weighing multiple candidates, including Apollo Global Management Inc. executive Marc Rowan, former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh and Tennessee Senator Bill Hagerty.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.