It was a busy day for the Trump campaign, announcing the appointment of Steven Mnuchin as finance chair and then having House Speaker Paul Ryan publicly withhold his support, a surprise move that pushes Trump to more actively unify the party and may modulate his behavior. Holding out a carrot to encourage Donald Trump to be a candidate “Republicans can be proud of,” House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) stunned the political world by saying “I cannot support Donald Trump right now.” The Speaker’s comments come as Trump appointed a new national finance chairman with a long history of donating to Democratic…
Trump Appoints Soros Linked Steven Mnuchin As Finance Chair
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.