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Donald Trump selects Kevin Hassett to lead National Economic Council

  • Bias Rating

    2% Center

  • Reliability

    35% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -20% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : Trump is set to be inaugurated as the next U.S. president on Jan. 20.
49% : Trump made the announcement in a post on Truth Social.
48% : Late last week, Trump signaled his intention to nominate Scott Bessent, founder of hedge fund Key Square Group and a seasoned market pro, as his Treasury secretary.
43% : The move brings Trump closer to rounding out his economic team, with U.S. trade representative being the last of the key positions left.
36% : Hassett previously served as a scholar of fiscal policy at the conservative American Enterprise Institute think tank before Trump nominated him to the White House role in 2017.
31% : The appointment came as Trump renewed his vow to raise tariffs by an additional 10% on all Chinese goods coming into the U.S. and impose tariffs of 25% on all products from Mexico and Canada.

*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.

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