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Trump Ally Appointed To Head The World Bank

Kassy Akiva

On Friday, President Donald Trump’s nominee to the World Bank Group, David Malpass, was unanimously approved by its executive board to serve a five-year term as president.

Malpass is a senior U.S. Treasury official and is seen as a loyalist to the president because he served as senior economic advisor during Trump’s 2016 campaign. He was nominated by Trump in February, according to TIME. No other countries nominated a candidate.

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