Bessent as treasury secretary among flurry of Friday staff moves by Trump

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

72% : Trump said in a statement that she would help "ensure that the Labor Department can unite Americans of all backgrounds behind our Agenda for unprecedented National Success."
64% : In addition, Trump rounded out his health team.
54% : Trump said Bessent would "help me usher in a new Golden Age for the United States," while Vought "knows exactly how to dismantle the Deep State and end Weaponized Government.
50% : Trump also said he would nominate Russell Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget, a position Vought held during Trump's first presidency.
49% : At an October Detroit Economic Club event, Trump called Bessent "one of the top analysts on Wall Street.
48% : The announcements showed how Trump was fleshing out the financial side of his new administration.
48% : Even as he pushes to lower the national debt by stopping spending, Bessent has backed extending provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which Trump signed into law in his first year in office.
43% : It also contains about $642 billion in cuts to Affordable Care Act.
39% : Vought's budget ideas were independent of Trump, who has not entirely spelled out the details of his economic plans, other than to campaign on income tax cuts and tariff hikes.
37% : Trump said he chose Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, an Oregon Republican, as his labor secretary, and Scott Turner, a former football player who worked in Trump's first administration, as his housing secretary.
36% : Last month, Bessent suggested Trump could name a replacement chair early, and let that person function as a "shadow" chair, with the goal of essentially sidelining Powell.
24% : "More:Trump plans to fire Jack Smith's team, use DOJ to probe 2020 electionBessent and Vought were only two of several personnel decisions that Trump disclosed Friday evening.
15% : Trump repeatedly attacked Powell during his first term as president for raising the Fed's key rate in 2017 and 2018.
9% : Powell, for his part, has said he wouldn't step down if Trump asked him to do so, and added that Trump, as president, doesn't have the authority to fire him.

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