The weekend anchor for left-leaning cable channel MSNBC says he is “baffled” by President-elect Donald Trump's decision to nominate openly gay hedge fund manager Scott Bessent to be the next Treasury secretary. spoke.
Jonathan Capehart, an opinion writer for the Washington Post and host of The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart, a Comcast-owned news channel, chose Bessent for the top job. admitted he hesitated about nominating Bessent because he was a Republican. So much for gay officials.
“Wait, Scott Bessent is gay, married, and has kids,” Capehart, who is also gay, said during Sunday's broadcast. his comment Posted in X's clip.
“If confirmed, he would be the highest-ranking LGBT person ever to be appointed and confirmed by the U.S. Senate,” he added.
“And I'm a little conflicted about this.”
“In that case, of course…” said John Reinisch, a Democratic strategist who was a guest on Capehart's panel.
Mr. Reinisch correctly predicted that the stock market would “soar” at the start of trading in response to the news of Mr. Bessent's nomination, adding: “Wall Street loves this guy.”
“What's very interesting is that, yes, it was Mr. Trump who made the historic nomination, and he was not a member of our team,” Reinisch said.
Capehart, who once cried on air while discussing the events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, struggled to respond to President Trump's landslide victory over Vice President Kamala Harris. She is the latest name to join the growing list of MSNBC stars. Presidential election on November 5th.
“Morning Joe” co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski spoke directly with President Trump despite telling viewers that Republicans were “fascists” who posed a danger to the republic. I went to Mar-a-Lago to meet him.
Brzezinski announced last week that he was leaving social media platform X, which is owned by prominent Trump supporter Elon Musk, in favor of Blue Sky. Blue Sky has seen an influx of left-leaning internet users from the platform formerly known as Twitter.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose more than 300 points on Monday and the S&P 500 index hit a new all-time high as investors cheered Bessent's nomination.
At its peak, the Dow rose more than 500 points, but has since pared its gains.
Bessent, the founder of Key Square Group, has become a money manager for billionaire investor George Soros.
“I am very pleased to nominate Scott Bessent to be the 79th Secretary of the Treasury of the United States,” President Trump said in a statement. Posted on Truth Social.
“Mr. Scott is widely respected as one of the world's leading international investors and geopolitical and economic strategists,” the president-elect said of the Treasury nomination.
Mr. Bessent, 62, the founder of Key Square Group, has repeatedly supported the president-elect's pro-tariff stance in a series of op-eds and media appearances over the past year.
“Mr. Scott's story is the story of the American Dream,” President Trump said Friday, noting that Mr. Bessent “has long been a strong supporter of America First.”
Bessent's nomination sets off a fierce battle among Wall Street heavyweights, including Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick and Apollo Global Management head Marc Rowan. The fierce competition behind the scenes has come to an end.
Lutnick, who co-chaired Trump's transition team and was seen as a top candidate for Treasury secretary, was appointed as Commerce secretary.
