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GOOD EVENING: The show begins in the markets that are said to be pleased with the Treasury Secretary choice, hedge fund manager Scott Bessent.

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

GOOD EVENING: The show begins in the markets that are said to be pleased with the Treasury Secretary choice, hedge fund manager Scott Bessent.

1922 Treasury DC


CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR (9:00-10:00 PM)

  • 9:00-9:15: MARKETS: Scott Bessent to Treasury with Liz Peek, The Hill, Fox News and Fox Business
  • 9:15-9:30: MARKETS: Howard Lutnick Street Fighting Man with Liz Peek
  • 9:30-9:45: ROMANIA: Anti-EU Vote with Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Endowment
  • 9:45-10:00: BERLIN: Greens Orphaned with Judy Dempsey
SECOND HOUR (10:00-11:00 PM)

  • 10:00-10:15: STATE THINKING: Xi Ruins Hong Kong with Mary Kissel
  • 10:15-10:30: STATE THINKING: Searching for Post-War with Mary Kissel
  • 10:30-10:45: LONDON CALLING: Inflation Debate with Joseph Sternberg, WSJ Opinion
  • 10:45-11:00: LONDON CALLING: Tax Policy with Joseph Sternberg
THIRD HOUR (11:00 PM-12:00 AM) All segments with Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs:

  • 11:00-11:15: HEZBOLLAH: Ceasefire Doubts & ETHIOPIA
  • 11:15-11:30: UKRAINE: Zelensky's Post-War Plans
  • 11:30-11:45: CANADA: Ottawa Concerns
  • 11:45-12:00: KING CHARLES REPORT: Currency Updates
FOURTH HOUR (12:00-1:00 AM) All segments with Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College:

  • 12:00-12:15: NEW WORLD REPORT: Mexico-Canada Tariffs
  • 12:15-12:30: NEW WORLD REPORT: Uruguay Update
  • 12:30-12:45: NEW WORLD REPORT: Brazil Developments
  • 12:45-1:00: NEW WORLD REPORT: Argentina Analysis

Transcript

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0:00.0

Good evening. This is John Batchtor. The story begins tonight in the markets, very pleased with the choice of Scott Besson to be Secretary of the Treasury for the Second Trump administration term.

0:19.9

Liz Peaks underlines that Scott

0:24.5

Besson is well-liked on Wall Street,

0:27.0

understands the markets,

0:29.2

has been an advisor to President

0:30.9

elect Trump for some time

0:33.1

during the campaign,

0:35.1

and speaks well

0:36.9

of his colleagues.

0:40.1

Scott Besson celebrated by Wall Street, high praise in all directions.

0:44.3

Liz Peake Redme's son.

0:47.5

Well done.

0:48.9

Also, we speak of Howard Lutnik, who is assigned to Secretary of the Commerce for Mr. Trump. Lutnik is characterized

0:57.8

by Liz as the right man to deal with the Chinese aggressors, predators sometimes. A man characterized

1:06.5

as well-to-do. Both these men are very well-to-do.. Self-made men. Robert Howard Lutnik is a man

1:14.7

who used to contest in the trenches. Well done. Romania, conversation with Judy Dempsey,

1:23.7

just back from Romania about the surprise and shock of the first round election

1:31.6

of a man named Georgescu, who heretofore has been a diplomat and a member of the elite in

1:38.7

Romania, is now especially the elite because he out-pulled everyone in the first round.

1:45.6

The liberal establishment in Romania is looking to gather around one candidate in the second round.

1:52.8

However, Mr. Gorgescu gained a great deal of attention.

1:56.4

He's a populist.

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