特朗普竞选团队经济顾问:从华尔街走向华盛顿政治丛林的贝森特
引言
富人思维:
特朗普的优先考量与人选盘点
早在今年4月,《名利场》杂志(Vanity Fair)就曾有过报道,称特朗普任命财政部长的先决条件为“非常富有”,对冲基金经理约翰·保尔森(John Paulson)和斯科特·贝森特(Scott Bessent)都是特朗普的属意人选。这一点可以从特朗普之前的政府团队中找到端倪,特朗普第一任期顾问内阁中的许多人都有一个共同点:巨额财富。事实上,正如他在就职典礼前几周告诉竞选支持者的那样,“我想要那些赚了大钱的人”。后来,在解释聘请亿万富豪威尔伯·罗斯(Wilbur Ross)担任商务部长的理由时,特朗普称希望在涉及经济工作的领导者拥有富人思维。不难看出,八年后特朗普在选择经济顾问仍旧保持相似的习惯。
此外,其他正在考虑担任这一职务的人选还包括摩根大通首席执行官杰米·戴蒙(Jamie Dimon)、前特朗普贸易顾问罗伯特·莱特希泽(Robert Lighthizer)和前美国证券交易委员会主席杰伊 ·克莱顿(Jay Clayton)等。尽管美国大选近在眼前,但政府核心人员的任职依旧充满变数。贝森特从未管理过像财政部这样的大型机构,因此尚不清楚他将如何在潜在特朗普2.0政府中担任如此重要的职位。且今年早些时候,在彭博电视台被问及在特朗普政府中可能的角色时,贝森特不置可否,只表示他将“专注于自己的业务”。
明星经理成为经济顾问:
贝森特如何走向特朗普
3-3-3经济计划:
降赤字、促增长、缓通胀
1、Gregory Zuckerman and Peter Rudegeair, The Wall Street Journal, The Ex-Soros Executive Who Is Trump’s New Obsession, https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/the-ex-soros-executive-who-is-trumps-new-obsession-4be2d493
2、Katherine Burton, Bloomberg, Trump Ally Bessent Says Stocks Will Fall on ‘Precarious’ Economy, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-20/trump-ally-bessent-says-stocks-will-fall-on-precarious-economy
3、Matt Peterson, Barron, Inside the Plan for Trump to Sideline the Powell Fed, https://www.barrons.com/articles/trump-fed-chair-powell-fire-4b79079f
4、Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, Trump advisor proposes a shadow Fed chair, but Wall Street veteran Ed Yardeni thinks it’s a recipe for disaster, https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-advisor-proposes-shadow-fed-111956182.html
5、Amara Omeokwe, Bloomberg, Trump Adviser Bessent Slams Fed Over September Half-Point Cut, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-11/trump-adviser-bessent-slams-fed-over-september-half-point-cut
6、The Business Times, Trump adviser Bessent slams Fed over September half-point cut, https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/trump-adviser-bessent-slams-fed-over-september-half-point-cut
7、Katherine Burton, Nancy Cook and Amanda Gordon, Bloomberg, Ex-Soros Star Scott Bessent Jockeys With John Paulson to Run Trump’s Treasury, https://www.yahoo.com/news/ex-soros-star-scott-bessent-113000895.html
8、Bess Levin, Vanity Fair, Trump’s Prerequisite for His Treasury Secretary: Being Filthy Rich, https://www.vanityfair.com/news/trumps-prerequisite-for-his-treasury-secretary-being-filthy-rich
9、Scott K.H. Bessent, Manhattan Institute, The Fallacy of Bidenomics: A Return to Central Planning, https://manhattan.institute/article/the-fallacy-of-bidenomics-a-return-to-central-planning
10、Erik Schatzker, Bloomberg, Five Questions for Trump Adviser Scott Bessent, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-07/five-questions-for-trump-adviser-and-key-square-group-founder-scott-bessent
11、Financial Times, Trump would not weaken the dollar, says adviser Scott Bessent, https://www.ft.com/content/fa08cc45-e6d1-4e19-b49b-047c5a23ca39
12、The Times, Who could be in Donald Trump’s cabinet? From ex-rivals to golf partners, https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/donald-trump-cabinet-members-republican-zxzj2nn3q
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