At This Hour With Dan Thomas
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President-elect Donald Trump launched a blitz of picks for his Cabinet… including billionaire investor Scott Bessent as his choice for treasury secretary. Trump wanted an official who can execute his economic vision and look straight out of central casting while doing so. With his Yale University education and pedigree trading for Soros Fund Management before establishing his own funds. Trump expects him to help reset the global trade order, enable trillions of dollars in tax cuts, ensure inflation stays in check, manage a ballooning national debt and still keep the financial markets confident.
Salem News commentator Sebastian Gorka will serve as senior director for counterterrorism. Gorka spent just under a year in Trump’s first White House. The appointment does not require Senate confirmation. Gorka, a British-Hungarian-American, has been a fixture in Mr. Trump’s work and the MAGA media circuit for years. In Friday’s announcement, the campaign stressed that Mr. Gorka was a “legal immigrant to the United States, with more than 30 years of National Security experience.” The announcement was part of a flurry of nine appointments and nomination announcements from the former president on Friday night.
Salem News commentator Sebastian Gorka will serve as senior director for counterterrorism. Gorka spent just under a year in Trump’s first White House. The appointment does not require Senate confirmation. Gorka, a British-Hungarian-American, has been a fixture in Mr. Trump’s work and the MAGA media circuit for years. In Friday’s announcement, the campaign stressed that Mr. Gorka was a “legal immigrant to the United States, with more than 30 years of National Security experience.” The announcement was part of a flurry of nine appointments and nomination announcements from the former president on Friday night.
