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Does a Wall St Cabinet discredit Trump's Main St message?

Clip: 12/8/2016 | 8m 29s

Do Steve Mnuchin and Wilbur Ross discredit Trump's “beware of Wall Street” cries?

From the early days of his campaign, one of Donald Trump's rallying cries was to “beware of Wall Street.” But the president-elect’s Cabinet picks of Steve Mnuchin and Wilbur Ross are stalwarts of the financial establishment. Special correspondent Paul Solman speaks with banker-turned-journalist William Cohan about the relevance of their backgrounds and if the president-elect cheats at golf.

12/08/2016 | Rating NR

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