Billionaire Elon Musk's candid sharing about US Treasury Secretary candidates

Billionaire Elon Musk, who was chosen by US President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), said Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick would "really make a difference" if chosen as the country's finance minister.

Trump has not announced a nominee for the position, but CEO Lutnick and investor Scott Bessent are two prominent candidates, and sources close to Trump said he is debating between choosing one of the two or considering another option. On November 16, local time, the CEO of electric car company Tesla, who is also the owner of SpaceX and social network X, spoke his mind. According to billionaire Elon Musk, "it would be interesting to have more people debate this issue so that Trump can consider the responses." The businessman chosen by US President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Department of Government Efficiency also shared frankly about the candidates for US Treasury Secretary. Billionaire Elon Musk wrote on social network X: “In my opinion, Mr. Bessent is a conventional choice, and CEO Howard Lutnick, will really make a difference. Billionaire Elon Musk emphasized: “Business as usual is bankrupting America, so we need to change one way or another...”

Elon Musk, CEO of electric car company Tesla, owner of SpaceX and social network X, frankly shared about the candidates for US Treasury Secretary. Screenshot: Elon Musk/X

Earlier on November 12, local time, US President-elect Donald Trump announced his choice of billionaire Elon Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy (founder of biotechnology company Roivant Sciences) to lead the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). In his first reaction after Mr. Trump announced his nomination, billionaire Elon Musk wrote on social network X: “Threatening democracy? No, threatening BUREAUCRACY!” In another statement, billionaire Elon Musk wrote: “All actions of the Department of Government Efficiency will be posted online to ensure maximum transparency. When people think we are cutting something important or not cutting a wasteful expense, let us know! We will also have a ranking of the most unreasonable spending of your tax dollars.” Since Republican candidate Donald Trump won the White House race last week, billionaire Elon Musk has been at the Mar-a-Lago resort almost every day, occasionally having dinner and hanging out with the US President-elect's family. CNN cited multiple sources saying that the world's richest billionaire has shown greater influence in influencing Mr. Trump's choices in the process of forming a new cabinet. Not only is billionaire Musk close to the former president, billionaire Musk also has a particularly close relationship with billionaire Howard Lutnick - CEO of financial services company Cantor Fitzgerald, who is in charge of the personnel department of the power transition process in Mr. Trump's campaign.

In addition, the CEO of electric car company Tesla was always present by Mr. Trump's side when world leaders called to congratulate the Republican candidate on his victory or came to meet US President-elect Donald Trump.

Specifically, billionaire Elon Musk was with US President-elect Donald Trump during a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on November 6. According to a source close to the matter, Mr. Trump turned on the speakerphone and President Zelensky thanked Mr. Musk for helping Ukraine connect to communications through the billionaire's Starlink internet service. On November 14, Reuters news agency reported that billionaire Elon Musk also appeared at the US President-elect Donald Trump's first foreign leader reception, Argentine President Javier Milei, at a gala at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. During the gala, billionaire Elon Musk met Mr. Milei and his sister Karina Milei, who serves as Secretary General of the President of Argentina.

Thanh Nam/Tin Tuc Newspaper (According to Reuters/CNN)

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