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Wilbur Ross Expected to Be Named Commerce Secretary by Donald Trump
Wall Street Journal ^

Posted on 11/23/2016 5:09:45 PM PST by hotsteppa

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to select Wilbur Ross Jr. to head the Commerce Department, said two people familiar with the deliberations, a decision that would put a billionaire investor known for buying up failed companies in charge of the agency tasked with cultivating economic growth.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cabinet; commerce; commercesecretary; donaldtrump; ross; secretary; trump; wilburross
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Never heard of the guy But sounds like a a smart crafty businessman.
1 posted on 11/23/2016 5:09:45 PM PST by hotsteppa
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To: hotsteppa

You remember Wilbur, don’cha? He owned Mr. Ed.


2 posted on 11/23/2016 5:11:59 PM PST by BipolarBob (Selling agent for Algores carbon credit scam. See me for the lowest prices guaranteed!)
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To: hotsteppa

Doesn’t sound Jewish, although he did work for Rothschild, Inc. for 24 years.


3 posted on 11/23/2016 5:13:14 PM PST by ichabod1 (Make America Normal Again)
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To: hotsteppa

Has worked with failing steel, coal etc companies. Should be a leader in bringing jobs back from the base up!
From what I’ve read an excellent choice


4 posted on 11/23/2016 5:13:52 PM PST by hoosiermama (“Christian faith is not the past but the present and the future. Make it stronger. "DJT)
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He’s a fairly frequent guest on Lou Dobbs. Supposedly a corporate turnaround expert.


5 posted on 11/23/2016 5:15:40 PM PST by Nothingburger
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To: hotsteppa

No, Mark is Expected to Be Named Commerce Secretary by Donald Trump. But I’ll have to think about it.


6 posted on 11/23/2016 5:15:56 PM PST by Mark (Celebrities... is there anything they do not know.? -Homer Simpson)
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To: Nothingburger

That too!


7 posted on 11/23/2016 5:18:28 PM PST by hoosiermama (“Christian faith is not the past but the present and the future. Make it stronger. "DJT)
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To: Nothingburger

Worth $2.9B, amazing who turns up when you look for quality instead of someone who wants the job or just operate on a political basis.


8 posted on 11/23/2016 5:19:59 PM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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To: BipolarBob

Ya, but Mr. Ed never talked about it, of course, of course.


9 posted on 11/23/2016 5:26:21 PM PST by ASA Vet (Make US Intelligence great again!)
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To: hotsteppa

This is not acceptable. Trump is appointing a successful businessman to a position dealing with commerce! Unless he has a degree in transgender studies, and a thesis outlining the greatness of diversity, he’s not qualified. /s


10 posted on 11/23/2016 5:35:20 PM PST by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: BipolarBob

Nobody names their kid Wilbur anymore.


11 posted on 11/23/2016 5:36:42 PM PST by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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To: hotsteppa

Very smart.
I wouldn’t expect him to stay for more than 2 years.


12 posted on 11/23/2016 5:38:08 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: hotsteppa

Billionaires running Commerce and Education and of course as president. Still to see who gets Treasury.


13 posted on 11/23/2016 5:39:53 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: hotsteppa

He is on Fox Business very frequently and always seems common sensical.


14 posted on 11/23/2016 5:40:38 PM PST by mancini
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To: bigbob

This certainly looks like an era in which there will be a lot of rich volunteers, who could have gotten richer doing something else, but have humbled themselves from that (like Donald has).


15 posted on 11/23/2016 5:45:39 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: 9YearLurker

... their fortunes and their sacred honor ...


16 posted on 11/23/2016 5:46:04 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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But the lefties are going to be spitting bullets, because they think it’s a class war in which the moneyed class conspires to impoverish the non-moneyed classes.

This is COMPLETELY! nonintuitive to them. COMPLETELY!

Only a Donald Trump could have the brass ones to do it. Symbolism that sops to lefties? No room for it. No room.

America is going to win, win, win, win, and then win some more, at least on an earthly scale. I pray it does on a heavenly scale too, along side of it.


17 posted on 11/23/2016 5:48:34 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: alternatives?

“Nobody names their kid Wilbur anymore.”

I was just thinking about how unusual that name is for someone in this day and age. I’ll bet he was named after a grandfather.


18 posted on 11/23/2016 5:55:39 PM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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“Nobody names their kid Wilbur anymore.”

Born in 1937, will be 80 years old next week. Named after his father.

(Married to Betsy McCaughey, 1995-98.)


19 posted on 11/23/2016 6:01:13 PM PST by map
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To: alternatives?
Nobody names their kid Wilbur anymore.

He was named in 1937.

20 posted on 11/23/2016 6:09:59 PM PST by CurlyDave
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