Trump considering Goldman Sachs president for top post

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

President-elect Donald Trump is considering Goldman Sachs President Gary Cohn for a senior administration job, possibly as director of the Office of Management and Budget, several sources close to situation said on Wednesday.

People familiar with the matter say Cohn's meeting with Trump on Tuesday included talks about a potential job in the new administration, possibly to run OMB, a sprawling office that will handle much of Trump's budget policy after he takes office in January.

Cohn, who is friendly with both Republicans and Democrats in Washington, is a longtime commodities trader who became Goldman's president and co-chief operating officer in 2006. He has long been the heir apparent to Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein. But with Blankfein showing no inclination to leave after battling cancer, Cohn may be looking to take on a new challenge. He is friendly with Trump's powerful son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

Cohn would add yet another Goldman name to a roster already filled with former executives from the influential bank, including Treasury pick Steven Mnuchin and incoming top White House adviser Steve Bannon.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/donald-trump-administration/2016/11/trump-could-pick-goldman-sachs-president-231995

[JHan]

1. Hillary's in the backpocket of Goldman Sachs you guys --- I think-- donald told me so...

people are telling me...

/Sad.

[Thinkingabout]

2. He is training the swamp right with himself.

[kebob]

3. Sorry About the Duplicate

I have now self-deleted.

[hay rick]

4. Surprise, surprise, surprise. nt

[jalan48]

5. Goldman Sachs? Yikes. Who's running this country anyway?

[tanyev]

6. So the swamp draining project is actually an irrigation project.

[LiberalLovinLug]

7. they are like fleas....rich fleas gorged on the blood of working Americans

They never die, they just jump from one administration to the next.

[R B Garr]

8. Wow, another Goldman Sachs exec?? Looks like Trump just borrowed some lame

highbrow, holier-than-thou talking points to score points during the general but had no intention on following through with shunning Goldman Sachs.

What a shame that such empty talking points were bandied about for so long during this primary/election process. We see now that not a thing about them was sincere....