Summary
Donald Trump is assembling the wealthiest U.S. administration in history, with a cabinet of billionaires and multimillionaires worth a combined $340 billion.
High-profile appointees include Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy for a new government efficiency role, alongside billionaires Linda McMahon, Doug Burgum, and Scott Bessent in key cabinet positions.
Critics argue this contrasts sharply with Trump’s working-class rhetoric, with analysts warning of policies favoring the wealthy at the expense of public services like education and social security.
Backlash over inequality and budget cuts is anticipated.
So we’re an oligarchy now, right? I mean, pretty much feels like a few, elite rich ruling over the poor… isn’t that what an oligarchy is?
Get them all assembled into one place. Just sayin’.
Maybe they should take a trip to NYC.
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News reporters, constantly shocked at everything Trump does. But not enough to call him out on anything.
Even this quote employs weaselesque wording that defers to anonymous “critics” to make an accusation while maintaining a filamentous veneer of objectivity.
They are shocked? Or just reporting on it?
Why are these comments always filled with “DUH WE KNOW”?
I do think there’s use in reputable sources enshrining obvious facts about bad things going on. Nice to be able to point to them and say “see, it definitely is bad!” when people want to pretend it’s fine. (Or, “see, Exxon clearly knew decades ago,” for the good that does us.)
we have more wealth disparity than the guilded age as well
Shit must change
You have been shown the way
It would be so cool if they could be melted down and harvested for resources. A lot of good could be accomplished with $340bn.
Unrelated, but does anyone know how much tissue a guillotine can cut through in one motion using it’s own momentum?
I just realized 1700s France could have probably saved a lot of manual labor by arranging their oligarchs in a little stack and then dropping the blade.
Anyway, $340bn? Daaaaang that’s crazy. …well, have a good’n folks!
Why stop the blade at all? Just keep it going faster and faster spinning in a circle, something like this:
It’s a good thing then that wealth isn’t associated with sociopathy and lack compassion.
/s
And I bet one of the qualifications for being nominated is buying a portfolio of Trump NFTs…
The team is all assembled - time to take on the elites!!!
Burn them all down.
Efficiency.
The only efficiency these people know is how to squeeze the most from the bottom to benefit those at the top.
All here to turn government inefficiencies into profits. It’s not inefficient to contract a company with a huge amount of money for a sub par service with constant delays and price hikes!
“Valued at”
Their worth the same amount as anyone else is.
