Tech billionaire Elon Musk is urging President-elect Donald Trump to take public input before nominating a new secretary of the treasury while also floating his own preference. Musk expressed his desire for appointment suggestions in a post on X Saturday.

Longtime hedge fund executive Scott Bessent, a South Carolina native, is one of a few names mentioned as possible U.S. Treasury Secretary nominee.

Billionaire Elon Musk and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sided with investor Howard Lutnick on Saturday in the debate over who President-elect Donald Trump should pick as his treasury secretary, making public the internal jockeying on the decision.

Elon Musk on Saturday endorsed Howard Lutnick, Trump-Vance transition co-chair, as his pick for Treasury secretary. Lutnick and Key Square Group founder and CEO Scott Bessent are reportedly top picks to run the Treasury Department.

Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk threw his support behind Howard Lutnick, chair and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, over Scott Bessent, founder of Key Square Group, as Treasury secretary in the next Trump administration in a post on the social platform X on Saturday.

The infighting has delayed decisions on Trump’s economic picks even as he rushes to fill many other posts in his incoming administration.

Elon Musk is backing Donald Trump’s transition co-chair Howard Lutnick to lead the Treasury Department, touting the billionaire CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald as a potential secretary who “will actually enact change” from the most powerful economic post in Trump’s cabinet.

President-elect Donald Trump is attending the UFC heavyweight championship clash at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, combining two things close to his heart: fierce battles inside the octagon and New York City.

Billionaire Elon Musk voiced support for Howard Lutnick in the race for President-elect Donald Trump’s next Treasury secretary, offering a late boost to the candidacy of the Cantor Fitzgerald LP CEO as the incoming cabinet takes shape.