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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🗓️ 27 November 2024
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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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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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