Craig Phillips was hired by Mnuchin as a counsellor in January 2017
It can instead be viewed as a takeover of Washington roles by Wall Street.
Trump shows little interest in the details of key foreign policy issues such as relations with North Korea and Iran, so the idea that he would form a view on the intricacies of proprietary trading or derivatives regulation is laughable.
Treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, isn’t much of a policy wonk either, and many former colleagues now wonder how he ever managed to make partner at Goldman Sachs.
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