Trump's Ex-Im Nominee Scott Garrett Elegantly Squares The Circular Republican Firing Squad

(Forbes, 17 September 2017) Former Representative Scott Garrett is on record, as reported by Politico, as committed to supporting President Trump’s commitment to having a “‘functional’ export credit agency” while seeing Ex-Im, which provides trade financing to American exporters, "reformed and modernized as outlined by Congress." This is entirely sound.Former Representative Scott Garrett is on record, as reported by Politico, as committed to supporting President Trump’s commitment to having a “‘functional’ export credit agency” while seeing Ex-Im, which provides trade financing to American exporters, "reformed and modernized as outlined by Congress." According to an article in Politico, “In 2015, Garrett said the agency ‘embodies the corruption of the free enterprise system.’” This, of course, endeared him to free market conservatives while offending Ex-Im's beneficiaries. Trump’s budget chief Mick Mulvaney said on CNBC that Trump was now pro-Ex-Im, and the president himself professed his love for Boeing's bank to the Wall Street Journal. The president said he planned to fill two vacancies on the bank's board, which has been effectively paralyzed with three open seats on its five-member board.