Donald Trump is floating ideas for his economic team much earlier than in elections past. But he is once again embracing loyalists and well-known figures...
Former President Donald Trump already appears to have a good idea of who might be on his economic team if he wins this November.
Billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson appears to hold, for now at least, a prime position in the effort to become Treasury Secretary among a variety of finance figures. Fed chairs, by contrast, have often required years of time in D.C. or academia before they can steer the economy from that side.
Trump ultimately settled of course on Steven Mnuchin with his resume that included 17 years at Goldman Sachs. One is former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh. He appears to be on the shortlist and was reportedly in contention last time to be Fed chair, but the then-47-year-old was hampered —This time around, all the names floated so far are very familiar to Trump. In addition to Warsh, names that have come up include Kevin Hassett, who worked as a senior adviser to Trump, and David Malpass, whom Trump
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