Drain the Swamp: Donald Trump Picks Scott Bessent, a Former Soros Money Manager, for Secretary of the Treasury
November 23rd, 2024Via: CBC:
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that he’ll nominate former George Soros money manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction, to serve as his next treasury secretary.
Trump said online Bessent would “help me usher in a new Golden Age for the United States.”
Bessent, 62, is the founder of hedge fund Key Square Capital Management, after having worked on-and-off for Soros Fund Management since 1991.