Convicted felon President Trump’s team are considering Treasury Suckretary Scott Bessent as the successor to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell when the time comes to pick a replacement next May, Bloomberg reports on some mildly kind of maybe semi-not-that-bad-almost-neutral-ish news.
With what counts as optimism these days one could maybe sort of say “Well at least it’s not Maria Bartiromo.” It’s perfectly possible if not probable that Bessent would take the job seriously and stop cosplaying once he got in. Trump wouldn’t be able to fire him and he would outlast the fat bastard’s term. Someone else can make the case for why he’s a terrible pick. This is just the “It could be a lot fucking worse, like Bill Ackman” case. It’s not a “good” one for Señor Suckretary.