By Eric Revell , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Louis Casiano | Fox Business
President-elect Trump nominated Scott Bessent to serve as Treasury Department secretary once he returns to the White House in January.
In a statement on Friday, Trump highlighted Bessent’s expertise.
“I am most pleased to nominate Scott Bessent to serve as the 79th Secretary of the Treasury of the United States,” he said. “Scott is widely respected as one of the World’s foremost International Investors and Geopolitical and Economic Strategists. Scott’s story is that of the American Dream.”