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Posted: 11/12/2016 7:14:17 PM EDT
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Thread title changed based on general consensus by those paying closer attention that everything's still too much speculation & is best to wait & see.
---- I just heard about this. WTF? Is this guy still on the short list, or is he being dropped? I can't see how this dude would even stand a chance of making the list for a number of reasons. - http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/steven-mnuchin-treasury-donald-trump-230716 Donald Trump is signaling that he wants to appoint his campaign finance chairman, Steven Mnuchin, as Treasury secretary, according to a person close to the campaign. Trump's preference for the Goldman Sachs alumnus is the latest evidence that the GOP presidential nominee would be inclined to hire officials with experience in the business world should he win next week's election, despite the anti-establishment tone that has dominated the campaign. "It is difficult to see how a second-generation Goldman Sachs partner would secure such a prominent position in an administration delivered by a populist wind," Compass Point analyst Isaac Boltansky said. - Was looking for more background on the guy... http://heavy.com/news/2016/11/steven-mnuchin-trump-treasury-secretary-rumored-bank-banker-goldman-sachs-financial-crisis-house-foreclose-lawsuit-film-producer/ - And then this story, from today: http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-mnuchin-trump-20161109-story.html Much of liberal Hollywood may be lamenting the prospect of a Donald Trump presidency, but one prominent industry player could wind up getting a high-profile position in the new administration. Steven Mnuchin, 53, a wealthy Wall Street executive and successful film financier who served as the national finance chairman of Trump’s campaign, is widely considered one of the leading contenders to become the next Treasury secretary, along with Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas), head of the House Committee on Financial Services, and JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Jamie Dimon. Mnuchin, chief executive of New York-based hedge fund Dune Capital Management, spent 17 years early in his career at Goldman Sachs, where he was a partner and eventually chief information officer, before leaving in 2002. He then started an investment fund with billionaire investor George Soros, a prominent Hillary Clinton supporter, before co-founding Dune. Mnuchin, along with other investors, made a windfall after purchasing the failed bank IndyMac in 2009 in the wake of the financial crisis, and selling it for a substantial profit in 2015. 
Is there more backstory to this? That LA Times story says it was posted today, 11/12. ETA: As has been pointed out below, there's nothing from the Trump camp about this yet that anyone's come up with, so keep the "rumored" part in mind. |
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Jamie Dimon is another one mentioned. Quoted:
Jamie Dimon is another one mentioned. In the part of the last story I excerpted: along with Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas), head of the House Committee on Financial Services, and JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Jamie Dimon |
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Quoted: LoL So the Bitch would have been better then? Quoted: Quoted: LOL you guys trusted Trump. He's a Democrat who lies like a rug. LoL So the Bitch would have been better then? Of course not. I'm just recalling all the attacks on Ted Cruz because his wife worked for GS and therefore Cruz was in the pocket of Wall Street. |
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Jamie Dimon is another one mentioned. That would be a huge mistake. another globalist progressive. That's not even the worst of it. When you drain a swamp, you try to drain guys like Dimon, not bring them into the fold. |
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Quoted: LOL you guys trusted Trump. He's a Democrat who lies like a rug. damn it, you are so right.... so, are you going to start going after electoral voters, to shift their support to hillary? you still got time, after all, nevertrumpers must never rest, till trump is kept from office |
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Yeah, sure wish Hillary would have won!!
Never Trumpers...lol.... Quoted:
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LOL you guys trusted Trump. He's a Democrat who lies like a rug. Yeah, sure wish Hillary would have won!!
Never Trumpers...lol.... Neither of these gripes is helpful in making sure we get a good treasury secretary pick. If nobody else has any sources on this yet, then it may well end up being something other than the insider Wall-Street billionaire hedge fund Goldman Sachs/JP Morgan Chase/Soros buddies, so it may be a non-issue. If Trump does lean that way towards one of these insider assholes (probably out of convenience, rather than corruption), it may be necessary for people to raise a stink and get him to come up with someone else. |
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Why don't we wait until Trump is actually President before we all start bitching about how bad a President he is?
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Of course not. I'm just recalling all the attacks on Ted Cruz because his wife worked for GS and therefore Cruz was in the pocket of Wall Street. Quoted:
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LOL you guys trusted Trump. He's a Democrat who lies like a rug. LoL So the Bitch would have been better then? Of course not. I'm just recalling all the attacks on Ted Cruz because his wife worked for GS and therefore Cruz was in the pocket of Wall Street. LOL a Canadian groupie. Makes sense. |
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damn it, you are so right.... so, are you going to start going after electoral voters, to shift their support to hillary? you still got time, after all, nevertrumpers must never rest, till trump is kept from office
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LOL you guys trusted Trump. He's a Democrat who lies like a rug. damn it, you are so right.... so, are you going to start going after electoral voters, to shift their support to hillary? you still got time, after all, nevertrumpers must never rest, till trump is kept from office
What's your opinion on this pick? I guess the guy has also been a funding manager for his campaign, so the guy is on the inside with Trump, so he's not just a casual name thrown around. For somebody who's a bigger Trump supporter than most here, do you think he stands a chance of getting picked, or if picked, do you think Trump supporters would get Trump to drop him for someone more palatable who isn't a Goldman Sachs alumnus and Soros crony? |
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Mnuchin would be a good choice. He's likely excommunicated from Wall Street and Hollywood, after helping Trump. I gotta say, you made a hell of a change in tone from the NT thread! Soo, Munchkin (I know, Mnuchin, but come on, you KNOW how ABCNNBCBS will say it) worked for GS what, 15 years ago, and got seed money from Soros? Kinda like a business loan? But... He funds Hollywood movies. Hmmm..... That means he can dictate, to a large extent, the tone and message of movies he funds while still ensuring he and his investors make bank. I don't know if this whisper is true, but given Trump's decades' long media involvement, I wouldn't discount it. |
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Is everyone who ever worked for Goldman-Sachs banned from everything else where their skills may be useful? I'm more concerned about the connections with Soros. That said, for all the bickering that's started here already, if a Goldman Sachs pick is a bad thing (as came up in the primary and is being needlessly replayed amongst people who are on the same side, regardless of feels), if it was a problem then... why isn't it a problem now? If that was just primary-mudslinging, well, whatever, then no matter. If it's not, and the idea of having ex-big banker hedge fund managers in the government is an issue, and it's part of the concern of the platform, is this a special case or wtf? |
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Quoted: What's your opinion on this pick? I guess the guy has also been a funding manager for his campaign, so the guy is on the inside with Trump, so he's not just a casual name thrown around. For somebody who's a bigger Trump supporter than most here, do you think he stands a chance of getting picked, or if picked, do you think Trump supporters would get Trump to drop him for someone more palatable who isn't a Goldman Sachs alumnus and Soros crony? Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: LOL you guys trusted Trump. He's a Democrat who lies like a rug. damn it, you are so right.... so, are you going to start going after electoral voters, to shift their support to hillary? you still got time, after all, nevertrumpers must never rest, till trump is kept from office What's your opinion on this pick? I guess the guy has also been a funding manager for his campaign, so the guy is on the inside with Trump, so he's not just a casual name thrown around. For somebody who's a bigger Trump supporter than most here, do you think he stands a chance of getting picked, or if picked, do you think Trump supporters would get Trump to drop him for someone more palatable who isn't a Goldman Sachs alumnus and Soros crony? since it appears you are a cruz supporter, I guess you're right. I should give an opinion. the opinion is, we should wait to hear it from the trump campaign, before worrying about financial connections instead of what would have happened if cruz had won, which would be married to a vp or managing director at goldman sachs |
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- the opinion is, we should wait to hear it from the trump campaign, before worrying about financial connections - Looking at the rumored options, there might be some good ones in there, but this one I just heard about and wanted to hear from people who've been paying closer attention to Trump's press releases. |
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There were some reports a few days suggesting he would keep janet yellen for 6-12 months. I believe most presidents keep some positions the same for a limite basis for continuity. I have been telling people since the election Trump will pick some DC insiders and outsiders. Most likely it will be a 50/50 split. He needs some people that have govt experience. |
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Quoted: Looking at the rumored options, there might be some good ones in there, but this one I just heard about and wanted to hear from people who've been paying closer attention to Trump's press releases. Quoted: Quoted: - the opinion is, we should wait to hear it from the trump campaign, before worrying about financial connections - Looking at the rumored options, there might be some good ones in there, but this one I just heard about and wanted to hear from people who've been paying closer attention to Trump's press releases.   so no comment on you being a cruz supporter.... and that his wife would be a goldman sach mucky mucky?  give it up. trump won, cruz lost, quit trying to cast dispersions on trump |
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Sorry but theres probably going to be a few less than stellar appointments he is going go have to make to keep people on his side and doing what he needs them to do. Some will have to be insiders who know the in's and out's and who have connections.
To quote Frank Costello from The Departed " a man could look at anything, and make something out of it. For instance, I look at you and I think "what could I use you for?" |
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so no comment on you being a cruz supporter.... and that his wife would be a goldman sach mucky mucky?
give it up. trump won, cruz lost, quit trying to cast dispersions on trump Quoted:
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- the opinion is, we should wait to hear it from the trump campaign, before worrying about financial connections - Looking at the rumored options, there might be some good ones in there, but this one I just heard about and wanted to hear from people who've been paying closer attention to Trump's press releases.
so no comment on you being a cruz supporter.... and that his wife would be a goldman sach mucky mucky?
give it up. trump won, cruz lost, quit trying to cast dispersions on trump I was actually in the middle of writing a PM to you about this, but that was based on the last post, so here, I'll put it out there for you... cm, You were on the Trump train early, and kudos to you for it. Like the thanks thread that was posted a couple days ago, hard work from guys like you is certainly appreciated and helped save the election. I did like Cruz and Walker, but they lost. Personally, I'm over that. Other people aren't... like some posts that started to derail the thread pretty quick. I got on the Trump train later (sure, probably closer to the caboose than the engine), after seeing his solid VP pick, and some things he said later on in the campaign that really made it seem like he was able to connect with people out there - a few little comments where you could read his mannerisms towards people as genuinely understanding; as well as Don Jr's interviews that really cast him in a new light for me. I also heard via an actual trustworthy media outlet about how he'd really talk to people behind the scenes of all these rallies and events, and how people who met him genuinely are able to talk to him - and that he wasn't pandering, but just talking with normal people. Come the election, I didn't just vote against Hillary, I actually went to vote for Trump. I am concerned with where things are going to go from here, and I would expect you are, too - and I'm glad to see you looked at this as a "wait and see". At least if you're writing back to me, you don't have to get defensive, nor rehash primaries. - S --- I don't care about the primary anymore. Trump won. I'm glad he won - he carried states with a message that other candidates probably couldn't have. I care about where we're going from here. In this case, as you and a couple other folks pointed out, it's probably too early to tell, so I'll take that as your honest answer - because I think if Trump were to pick this guy, you'd be concerned, too. |
| The dude ran the finances of Trump's campaign. A campaign that won against two entrenched political parties, foreign donors, Wall Street, and the entire media complex. That campaign spent 65% less than Hillary's from what I've read. Judging by the results, the dude may just be legit. |
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The dude ran the finances of Trump's campaign. A campaign that won against two entrenched political parties, foreign donors, Wall Street, and the entire media complex. That campaign spent 65% less than Hillary's from what I've read. Judging by the results, the dude may just be legit. Huh. |
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A lot of these rumors are being started and spread by the individual in question or their media friends. Just keep that in mind and don't believe anything until the President Trump chooses his pick. This one's been going around for a few months now. Just stumbled on it when I heard someone discussing it concerning the Soros connection. Wait & see seems to be the best approach. |
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if your honestly not criticizing trump, please just wait there is just an influx of people who are still mad that trump won, and using anything in the news to "show" how wrong chosing trump was also, I was originally, before trump entered the election, a cruz supporter. boy, has cruz proved my opinion of him was wrong. however, my belief that the dems had such major support for anyone running with a D before their name, that it wouldn't matter what their reputation was, lead me to the belief that if a republican did not win this election, no further republican would ever win again. so I moved my support from cruz to trump. I have great hopes that he will reform immigration, and make great advances on the 2nd amendment. but a lot of stuff, he'll be fighting both the dems and the rinos in congress |
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Quoted: I gotta say, you made a hell of a change in tone from the NT thread! Soo, Munchkin (I know, Mnuchin, but come on, you KNOW how ABCNNBCBS will say it) worked for GS what, 15 years ago, and got seed money from Soros? Kinda like a business loan? But... He funds Hollywood movies. Hmmm..... That means he can dictate, to a large extent, the tone and message of movies he funds while still ensuring he and his investors make bank. I don't know if this whisper is true, but given Trump's decades' long media involvement, I wouldn't discount it. Quoted: Quoted: Mnuchin would be a good choice. He's likely excommunicated from Wall Street and Hollywood, after helping Trump. I gotta say, you made a hell of a change in tone from the NT thread! Soo, Munchkin (I know, Mnuchin, but come on, you KNOW how ABCNNBCBS will say it) worked for GS what, 15 years ago, and got seed money from Soros? Kinda like a business loan? But... He funds Hollywood movies. Hmmm..... That means he can dictate, to a large extent, the tone and message of movies he funds while still ensuring he and his investors make bank. I don't know if this whisper is true, but given Trump's decades' long media involvement, I wouldn't discount it. I never was nevertrump and did a complete 180 when the Wikileaks emails showed how badly the press was colluding with HRC's campaign. I cannot stand cheating and hog-piling, so I stepped onto the Trump train and am now along for the ride. I don't regret it one bit. In fact, I've had a raging freedom boner since Tuesday night and feel more hopeful about my country than I have since Reagan. I hope it never ends. |