According to BlockBeats news, on November 11, according to sources, Trump plans to narrow down the list of candidates for U.S. Treasury Secretary this week and prefers to appoint someone with a Wall Street background to fill this position. The list of candidates for Treasury Secretary includes Howard Lutnick, CEO of Kenda, hedge fund billionaire John Paulson, and former George Soros fund manager Scott Bessant. Scott Bessent, and Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, a former Carlyle Group executive. Sources said Bessant met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Friday, but the meeting was not an interview for the Treasury secretary position.
Trump’s Wall Street allies have urged him to appoint someone with deep knowledge of the financial industry as Treasury secretary, and Trump’s team has said they will follow that advice, people familiar with the matter said. Robert Lighthizer, the U.S. Trade Representative during Trump’s first term and the architect of the comprehensive tariff proposal, is also one of the candidates for Treasury Secretary. People familiar with the matter said Lighthizer has already begun developing tariff plans involving China and the European Union, and he may eventually take a broad role within the White House to oversee trade policy across the administration. (Golden Ten)
