WHILE AT MAR-A-LAGO FOR HIS transition meetings, Trump is often shadowed by Lutnick as well as billionaire adviser Elon Musk. Lutnick has an ally in the Tesla and X CEO who, on Saturday, denigrated hedge fund executive and fellow treasury secretary shortlister Scott Bessent.

Lutnick, 63, rose to prominence following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, which claimed the lives of 658 Cantor Fitzgerald employees, including his brother

Elon Musk is now throwing his weight around with President-elect Donald Trump and allies to get Howard Lutnick, chief executive officer of Cantor Fitzgerald, to be appointed Treasury secretary because he'll shake things up, argued the tech billionaire.

Billionaire Elon Musk, an adviser to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, said on Saturday that Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick would "actually enact change" if chosen as U.S. Treasury secretary. Trump has not announced his nominee for the role,

Executing a successful presidential transition requires serious planning, said Max Stier, president and CEO of the Partnership for Public Service.

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.