SPECIAL REPORT: Trump Nominates Scott Bessent To Lead US Treasury
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🗓️ 23 November 2024
⏱️ 8 minutes
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President-elect Donald Trump said he is nominating Scott Bessent, who runs macro hedge fund Key Square Group, as the next US Treasury Secretary, enlisting a key adviser to manage the sweeping economic agenda he has vowed to enact in a second term. Bloomberg Balance of Power hosts Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz offer instant reaction.
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| 1:12.4 | The president-elect Donald Trump is nominating Scott Bessent of Key Square Group to be the |
| 1:17.0 | Secretary of the Treasury. Donald Trump, in a statement posted on true social, describing him |
| 1:22.0 | as someone who has long been a strong advocate of the America First agenda, Joe. |
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