“Billionaire Elon Musk and Key Square Group LP founder Scott Bessent, whom President-elect Donald Trump is considering for Treasury secretary, spoke after Musk publicly endorsed Howard Lutnick as the best pick for the post,” Bloomberg reports. “Trump’s decision on who will take on the powerful cabinet post — which includes overseeing the $28 trillion Treasuries market and economic sanctions — has become riddled with chaos as the two top advisers…

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(Bloomberg) — Billionaire Elon Musk and Key Square Group LP founder Scott Bessent, whom President-elect Donald Trump is considering for Treasury secretary, spoke after Musk publicly endorsed Howard Lutnick as the best pick for the post, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Billionaire Elon Musk and Key Square Group LP founder Scott Bessent, whom President-elect Donald Trump is considering for Treasury secretary, spoke after Musk publicly endorsed Howard Lutnick as the best pick for the post, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Trump has selected Musk and Ramaswamy to lead a new administration initiative focused on cutting waste. Palantir’s AI platform could help optimize legislative activities by identifying inefficiencies and saving costs. Shareholders are cautious about Palantir’s role in promoting Musk and Ramaswamy’s efforts for constitutional reform.  President-elect Donald Trump has named Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead a forthcoming presidential initiativ…

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There is a messy battle over Trump’s choice of Treasury Secretary, with Howard Lutnick being backed by Elon and RFK Jr. and enough said. The scary thing is that this is what passes for the “normal” candidate: 
Bessent has defended Trump’s agenda on television and in recent op-eds. After some of his critics argued to Trump’s advisers that Bessent hadn’t sufficiently signaled support for the president-elect’s pledge to impose a series of stiff tar…

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