Sunday, December 08, 2024

Trump Cabinet of Billionaires Worth More Than $340bn

Enough billionaires and multimillionaires have been assembled by Donald Trump to fill key roles in his nascent administration to form a soccer team. More are in the works.

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President-elect Trump is stacking his cabinet with billionaires and centi-millionaires, whose financial entanglements pose conflict of interest challenges.

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-- The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) December 6, 2024 at 4:05 PM

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Behind every great fortune is a great crime.

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2024-12-07 09:57 AM

His new Appointments are almost entirely Billionaires, other Donors, Fox News apes, and a few relatives.

Make America an Oligarchy Again!

MAOA!

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2024-12-07 11:05 AM

Good to see the era of DEI hires is over.

#3 | Posted by sawdust at 2024-12-07 04:32 PM

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Over the next few years we're going to see an alarming increase of openly white supremacist conservatives.

Like this one.

#4 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-12-07 04:35 PM

This is not going to be, "Government of the people, by the people, for the people." Perish that prospect!!

#5 | Posted by Augustine at 2024-12-08 12:46 AM

None of whom were in his last administration, in fact, many of them, like Mattis and Kelly, and of course, his VP Pence, would support him or serve with him again. Some quit after he tried to use a violent riot to overturn the election. And now he is going to pardon those who were the insurrectionists. This America is now like Russia's, it is run for the rich. Just as Russian kids are being killed in Putin's war are losers and suckers for real, dying so the oligarchs can get richer, I would never suggest anyone serve in the military now, in specialties like infantry.
Learn a trade, sure.

#6 | Posted by Hughmass at 2024-12-08 12:43 PM

Russia is the Oligarchy that the wealthy elite of Russia made after the SU dissolved, egged on by the wealthy elite's corporate crony capitalist success here.

Now Russian-like Oligarchy is the goal of our wealthy elites.

#7 | Posted by Corky at 2024-12-08 01:09 PM

... Trump Cabinet of Billionaires Worth More Than $340bn ...

So, Pres-elect Trump appears to have assembled a Cabinet that is more along the lines of exploiting workers than pro-workers.

#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-08 01:18 PM

Billionaires own an average of four separate homes in foreign lands in addition to the one in their country of nationality. I don't count on their patriotism or loyalty.

#9 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2024-12-08 04:33 PM

Billionaires own an average of four separate homes in foreign lands

Not Elon. He doesn't own any. He's special.

#10 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-12-08 04:47 PM

The emperor and his oligarchs gather for the feast of the killing of the poor and their hopes.

#11 | Posted by Hughmass at 2024-12-09 07:53 AM

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