Sources: Trump will narrow the field of Treasury Secretary candidates this week, preferring someone with a Wall Street background

Odaily Odaily News: According to sources, Trump intends to narrow the list of candidates for the US Treasury Secretary this week and prefers to let someone with a Wall Street background take up the position. The list of candidates for Treasury Secretary includes Howard Lutnick, CEO of Kenda, hedge fund billionaire John Paulson, former George Soros fund manager Scott Bessent, and Virginia Governor and former Carlyle Group executive Glenn Youngkin. Sources said Bessent met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Friday, but the meeting was not an interview for the position of Treasury Secretary. People familiar with the matter said that Trump's Wall Street allies urged him to appoint someone with a deep understanding of the financial industry as Treasury Secretary, and the Trump team has said they will follow this advice. Robert Lighthizer, the US Trade Representative during Trump's first term and the designer of the comprehensive tariff proposal, is also one of the candidates for Treasury Secretary. People familiar with the matter said Lighthizer has already begun working on tariff plans involving China and the European Union, and he could eventually take on a broad role in the White House overseeing trade policy across the administration.