Why was Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on the signal chat list?

[Irish_Dem]

Why is he involved with top secret war planning?

Trump always has a money angle on anything he does?
How did Trump make money off of the Houthi attack?

High level leaders on the chat list:
Vice President JD Vance
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
National Security Advisor Mike Waltz.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
CIA Director John Ratcliffe
Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey-goldberg-the-atlantic-trump-officials-group-chat-signal/

[kerouac2]

1. Question is....

Is there another jg he thought he added instead of the Atlantic editor?

Wondering if there are any russians we know with those initials...

[Irish_Dem]

3. Excellent question. Is there another JG who was supposed to be included?

[moondust]

4. trade chief, Jamieson Greer

According to some news reporting. No idea why a "trade chief" would be included.

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. Trade is affected by the Houthi missiles in the Red Sea, so it makes some sense (a bit more than Treasury Sec)

Also note their desire to be "reimbursed" for the attack by Europeans, for whom more trade goes through the Red Sea. They may have a plan of "pay us for this, or we'll increase tariffs on you again".

[Henry203]

2. Not a single person in the group

Would you let babysit your kids. They would either be sexually abused or beaten.

[LonePirate]

6. Was Trump in that chat group? I heard he wasn't and that should be a massive problem in itself.

[Irish_Dem]

7. Trump has said he lets other people handle the details and paperwork.

Yes POTUS should have been in the loop on this military operation.

[Irish_Dem]

9. This is such a good question I turned it into an OP all by itself.

Hope that is OK.

[Mountainguy]

8. Treasury secretary is

A statutory member of the national security council.