Ethics Pledges by Trump Cabinet Draw Questions and Skepticism

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : "I've made enough money in my life," he said at his confirmation hearing this month.
52% : The tax cuts broadly benefited wealthy Americans and financial firms, including Mr. Bessent's hedge fund, known as Key Square Group, as most such funds benefit through a so-called pass through income provision that lowers federal taxes. Supporting the extension of the tax cuts would not likely bring a particular interest to his former firm, so there is no limit in his ethics letter on his playing such a role, and Mr. Bessent said he intended to do so.
45% : President Trump, as well, has already made clear that he sees nothing wrong with taking official government acts that could benefit his family's finances, such as appointing a crypto-friendly lawyer to oversee the Securities and Exchange Commission, just as his sons helped start two different cryptocurrency businesses.
41% : Chris Wright, after his expected confirmation as energy secretary, will oversee federal policy as it relates to oil and gas companies nationwide, even as he expects to receive a million-dollar bonus from the Colorado-based oil-industry service company he currently runs.
28% : Mr. Trump, at least so far, has not adopted his own formal ethics guidelines, a step every president since President Obama has taken to supplement criminal and civil conflict of interest laws for top political appointees to attempt to prevent even the appearance of a conflict of interest.

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