5 Things to Know About Scott Bessent, Trump’s Treasury Secretary Nominee
Scott Bessent speaks at the National Conservative Conference in Washington on July 10, 2024. Dominic Gwinn/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

5 Things to Know About Scott Bessent, Trump’s Treasury Secretary Nominee

The next treasury secretary will have a vast portfolio to employ Trump’s economic agenda.
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President-elect Donald Trump on Nov. 22 announced Wall Street financier Scott Bessent as his Treasury secretary following weeks of speculation.

“Scott is widely respected as one of the world’s foremost international investors and geopolitical and economic strategists,” Trump said in a statement on the nomination. “Scott’s story is that of the American Dream.”

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