Trump considering billionaire TikTok investor Jeff Yass for Treasury secretary: report

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Former President Donald Trump is considering tapping hedge fund manager Jeff Yass to serve as his Treasury secretary if he wins the presidential election in November, a report said Thursday. Yass’ investment firm, Susquehanna International Group, owns a 15% stake in ByteDance – the Chinese parent company of TikTok – and Yass personally has a 7% stake in the company worth about $21 billion, according to NBC News. Yass, like Trump, is opposed to current congressional efforts to force ByteDance to sell TikTok. The Yass Prize / X Bloomberg News first reported Trump’s interest in having Yass serve in his...