Watching for the Treasury nomination . . .

[hatrack]

Shitstain likely wants either (A) a full-on crypto-bro or (B) a full-on You Don't Understand And You Need To Read "The Road To Serfdom" libertarian hack economist from George Mason University or Hillsdale College.

If there are any "cooler heads" among his Ringling Brothers entourage (and I use that term advisedly, since they don't seem to use their heads for anything but hat platforms) there might be a vague awareness that nominating, say, Peter Thiel would pretty much vaporize the stock market and a lot of other notional wealth as well.

For those closest to Shitstain, those riding in Clown Limo One, they may have already prepared accordingly, and Asshole-In-Chief doesn't give a shit - after all, he can always call Vlad for some quick cash.

For those in the outer circle - and for those in finance or business who'd be well and truly fucked by what President Baby Huey wants Wants WAAAANNTS!!! - screaming horror may ensue, to be followed by screaming ketchup-flecked meetings. For that matter, all the rest of us would also be fucked, but hey, if you're gonna make an omelette . . . .

The other option would be to pick some morally malleable Wall Street hack like Jamie Dimon. This would be a relatively reassuring pick for markets and consumer confidence - provided they just ignore absolutely everything else about the approaching shit tsunami.

However, who on Wall Street or anywhere in the financial world with any intelligence and with any appreciation of the galactic moral hazard in play here would take the job?

At least it won't be boring . . .

[SoCalDavidS]

1. Not A Chance He Picks Dimon

Or even someone on that level. See his picks thus far. And I don’t believe Dimon is a cult member.

Best one can hope for is a moderately intelligent sycophant like Larry Kudlow.

[hatrack]

3. Dimon's confirmed he won't take the gig (and his wife's a D donor)

But when the best you can hope for is Cokehead Larry . . . .Jesus . . . .

[lastlib]

2. It'll be a cardboard cut-out of Lou Dobbs....

(What do we need a real person for, anyway? of course)

[hatrack]

4. Maybe a hologram of Alan Greenspan?

[keithbvadu2]

5. Lara Trump. She is family and accustomed to looting the coffers at the RNC.

[Prairie Gates]

6. People have floated Bartiromo as a joke, but I think she has a real chance

Trump has decided that his Cabinet needs to be filled with people who have obsessively fluffed him in public for minimum of 8 years.

[617Blue]

7. He'll go with a semi "normie"

Doesn't want to spook the precious equities markets.

[hatrack]

8. But why would any normie take the gig?

Shitstain's recruiting system has already devolved into a process that automatically selects for shitty, stupid, corrupt people while excluding anyone with talent or integrity.