Trump Picks China Hawk Jacob Helberg to be Top State Department Economic Policy Official

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Eric Bazail-Eimil
12/10/2024


In a Truth Social post on Tuesday, Trump said Helberg, one of the leaders in the push to ban Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok, will be “a champion of our America First Foreign Policy” as undersecretary of State for economic growth, energy and the environment. He added that Helberg “has the knowledge, expertise, and pragmatism to defend America’s Economic interests abroad.”

The undersecretary of State for economic growth is often referred to as the senior U.S. economic diplomat and advises the secretary of State on international economic policy. They also oversee bureaus that manage policy around tech, energy resources, global food security and the environment.

Helberg will face a Senate confirmation process for the role, and his current work for defense contractor Palantir Technologies — he is a senior adviser to the company’s chief executive officer.



https://www.politico.com/live-update...icial-00193683

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Jacob Helberg is senior adviser to Palantir Technologies Chief Executive Officer Alex Karp.

Alexander Caedmon Karp (born October 2, 1967) is an American billionaire businessman, and the co-founder and CEO of the software firm Palantir Technologies.

In 2004, along with Peter Thiel (who had been a classmate at Stanford) and others, he co-founded Palantir Technologies as CEO. The New York Times ranked Karp the highest-paid CEO of a publicly traded company in 2020, the year the company went public, with compensation worth $1.1 billion.

Karp has described himself as a socialist and a progressive, and said he voted for Hillary Clinton.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Karp

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