Trump Reveals Scott Bessent As Pick For Treasury Secretary

President-elect Donald Trump revealed Friday in a social media post his nomination of Scott Bessent to serve as the 79th Secretary of the Treasury.

Since his election win on Nov. 5, the former president has been continuously releasing names of his Cabinet picks, with Bessent as the latest reveal. In a post to Truth Social, Trump described the billionaire as “widely respected as one of the World’s foremost International Investors” and also a geopolitical and economic strategist. Trump highlighted that his story is “of the American Dream.”

“Scott has long been a strong advocate of the America First Agenda,” Trump wrote. “On the eve of our Great Country’s 250th Anniversary, he will help me usher in a new Golden Age for the United States, as we fortify our position as the World’s leading Economy, Center of Innovation and Entrepreneurialism, Destination for Capital, while always, and without question, maintaining the U.S. Dollar as the Reserve Currency of the World.”

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“Unlike in past Administrations, we will ensure that no Americans will be left behind in the next and Greatest Economic Boom, and Scott will lead that effort for me, and the Great People of the United States of America,” Trump added.

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