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1. Here's an interesting one on Bessent, the "odd man out"

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Apr 18, 2025, 06:56 PM

Friday

Top Trump official 'planning to cut and run' as 'civil war' engulfs Cabinet, David Badash, Alternet, 4/17/25
https://www.alternet.org/trump-cabinet-civil-war/

My (Progree) quick summary and mpressions on the article:

Treasury Sec. Bessent is the odd man out, a relatively rational one tired of defending Trump tariff policies, and looking for an escape hatch, while Commerce Secretary Lutnick (Lunatic?) is all gung-ho on the tariffs, urging Trump to go big. Bessent is also warning Trump about firing Fed Chair Jerome Powell

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