Newly elected US President Donald Trump has completed his future cabinet with a champion of ‘America First’ economic policies and a mastermind behind his political program. Now it is up to the US Senate to pass his ministerial proposals.
Trump nominated hedge fund manager Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary on Friday. Brooke Rollins followed on Saturday as Secretary of Agriculture. This means that all important positions in the future cabinet have been filled.
Billionaire Bessent supports tariffs on foreign imports and tax cuts at home. About his former economic adviser, Trump said: “He will help me usher in a new Golden Age for the United States and strengthen our position as the world’s leading economy.”
Bessent is “widely respected as one of the world’s leading international investors and geopolitical and economic strategists” and will also help “revitalize the private sector and slow the unsustainable path of public debt.”
‘America First’ as a living principle
Bessent defends Trump’s ‘America First’ strategy. Just over a week ago, the 62-year-old called import duties in an op-ed for the American broadcaster Fox News “a means to finally stand up for the Americans.” In a radio interview with Trump ally Roger Stone, Bessent explained that Trump wanted free trade, but “we haven’t had fair trade.”
Bessent heads the Key Square Group. To this day, he lives primarily in his home state of South Carolina with his husband and their two children. He attended the elite Yale University and worked for American billionaire George Soros’ investment firm Soros Fund Management before founding his own investment fund in 2000.
Diverse and extensive skills
If Bessent is named U.S. Treasury Secretary, he will oversee a range of areas from federal finance to banking supervision. The Finance Department’s responsibilities also include monitoring U.S. sanctions and advising the president on economic issues.
According to his statement, Bessent has known the Trump family for thirty years. He was one of the few “Wall Street people” who supported Trump. Being a member of his cabinet means ‘doing what Donald Trump asks of you’.
All positions are filled by Trumpists
Nearly three weeks after the election, the most important positions in Trump’s future cabinet have been divided. On Saturday, he awarded the Ministry of Agriculture, which is also responsible for food security, the country’s forests and the food aid program with about 40 million recipients, to the 52-year-old Rollins.
Trump’s former domestic policy adviser founded the America First Policy Institute, which is dedicated to promoting Trump’s agenda. Several of Trump’s nominees for Cabinet posts have close ties to the organization.
On Friday, Trump announced a few more appointments: Russell Vought will become budget director in the White House, just as during Trump’s first term (2017-2021). He is one of the main authors of the controversial ‘Project 2025’ program for a comprehensive restructuring of the American government. Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer becomes Secretary of Labor.
All it takes is the green light from the Senate
The filling of the vacancies must be confirmed by the Senate. A simple majority of the senators present at the vote is sufficient. There are only a few lower-level positions open, such as the heads of the Small Business Administration and the Science and Technology Administration.
Source: Krone
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