Yesterday we told you that Elon Musk was pushing for Trump transition co-chair Howard Lutnick to be Treasury Secretary instead of the front-runner Scott Bessent, who Boris Epshteyn was pushing.

Now it’s being reported that President-elect Trump is going to name Lutnick as his nominee for the post of Commerce Secretary:

The announcement hasn’t come out yet that I’ve seen but if this is true, it’s a small victory for Elon Musk given that he wanted Lutnick to be Treasury Secretary…

 
UPDATE: This is Howard Lutnick:

UPDATE 2: I just realized I botched this post. I read commerce secretary as treasury secretary. My mistake. I’ve corrected and updated it.