Trump Expected To Tap World Bank Critic To Be Its President

UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 12: ??????????????David R. Malpass, under secretary for International Affairs at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, testifies at a House Financial Services Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade hearing titled “Evaluating the Effectiveness of the International Financial Institutions,” in Rayburn Building on December 12, 2018. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 12: David R. Malpass, under secretary for International Affairs at the Treasury Department, testifies at a House Financial Services Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade hearing titled Ev... UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 12: David R. Malpass, under secretary for International Affairs at the Treasury Department, testifies at a House Financial Services Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade hearing titled Evaluating the Effectiveness of the International Financial Institutions, in Rayburn Building on December 12, 2018. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump is expected to tap David Malpass to lead the World Bank, despite the Treasury official’s documented conservative critiques of the institution.

According to a Monday Politico report, Malpass has said that international bodies like the World Bank “have grown larger and more intrusive” and “the challenge of refocusing them has become urgent and more difficult.”

The administration will announce its choice on Wednesday.

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  1. If the Devil were an American Republican - I haven’t seen that proven either way - Trump would nominate him for the Papacy.

  2. Only the worst people…

    Sad!

  3. Donnie will do ANYTHING to destabilize the world, won’t he?

  4. No, Donny will do anything to keep Putin from outing him. Putin is the puppetmaster and Trump is Howdy Doody with bad hair.

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