Trump's Pick For SEC Chairman Married Into A Multibillion-Dollar Roofing Fortune

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : Others include: Jared Isaacman (NASA), Charles Kushner (Ambassador to France), Howard Lutnick (Commerce Secretary), Warren Stephens (Ambassador to the UK), Tilman Fertitta (Ambassador to Italy), Kelly Loeffler (Small Business Administration), Linda McMahon (Secretary of Education), Elon Musk (co-head of DOGE), Mehmet Oz (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid), Vivek Ramaswamy (co-head of DOGE) and Steve Witkoff (special Middle East envoy).
57% : After his stint as an SEC commissioner under Bush, Atkins launched Patomak Global Partners, a consulting firm that specializes in advising financial services companies including banks and crypto firms on regulatory compliance, in 2009.
53% : He has been touted by Trump as a "proven leader for common sense regulations" and, crucially, a supporter of cryptocurrencies.
43% : While he is not himself a billionaire, Atkins is one of at least a dozen billionaires, billionaire spouses or members of billionaire families (some by marriage) who have been nominated by Trump for everything from cabinet positions to ambassadors.
35% : "At some point you just have to look in the mirror and recognize you cannot possibly justify support for Trump," David told The Independent in 2016.
23% : A libertarian who has given millions to Missouri Republicans, David has also been an outspoken critic of Trump.
15% : After the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, David declared his nearly $3 million in past donations to Sen. Josh Hawley (R -Miss.), a prominent backer of Trump's false claims that he lost the election due to widespread fraud, as "the worst mistake I ever made in my life."

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