It was never going to be easy to sell Steve Mnuchin as a populist choice for Treasury Secretary.
Born the humble son of a Yale-educated Goldman Sachs banker, Mnuchin grew up to become a Yale-educated Goldman Sachs banker. After 17 years at that firm, Trump’s treasury pick left for bigger things — among them, a hedge fund named after the sand dunes outside his house in the Hamptons, a stint running a bank that specialized in foreclosures, and a key role in the Trump campaign, as the GOP candidate’s chief fundraiser.
Mnuchin has publicly suggested that he took that last gig specifically because he knew that if he provided Trump with campaign cash, he would likely receive in a cabinet-level appointment, as recompense.
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