Steven Mnuchin to be Trump’s Treasury secretary. I’m not sure I like this pick, because Mnuchin doesn’t “drain the swamp.” Instead, Steven Mnuchin comes right from swamp Trump promised to drain. Mnuchin is a former partner at Goldman Sachs which makes him a big part of the swamp as far as I’m concerned
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President-elect Donald Trump is expected to choose Steven Mnuchin, the national finance chairman of his campaign, to serve as Treasury secretary, The New York Times reported Tuesday.
The president-elect could make the announcement as soon as Wednesday, according to the Times.
Mnuchin is a former partner at Goldman Sachs who founded the hedge fund Dune Capital Management and began to invest in the movie business.
He has never worked in government and has close ties to Hollywood and Wall Street. He told The Times in May he has focused on the “West Coast economy” in recent years.
On the Monday after the election, Mnuchin was seen at Trump Tower, according to Business Insider.
He said he was just there “helping with the transition,” when asked what he was doing there and if he was interested in the Cabinet position.
“A lot of work to do,” Mnuchin said at the time.