Trumps team of gazillionaires

[deminks]

http://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-team-of-gazillionaires-america-president-billionaire-money-betsy-devos-harold-hamm-wilbur-ross-mitt-romney-steve-mnuchin-rudy-giuliani/

Donald Trump campaigned as a champion of the “forgotten man” and won the White House on the strength of his support among the white working class.

So far, he’s stacking his administration with masters of the universe.

Beyond Trump himself, who claims a net worth of more than $10 billion, the president-elect has tapped businesswoman Betsy DeVos, whose family is worth $5.1 billion, and is said to be considering oil mogul Harold Hamm ($15.3 billion), investor Wilbur Ross ($2.9 billion), private equity investor Mitt Romney ($250 million at last count), hedge fund magnate Steve Mnuchin (at least $46 million), and super-lawyer Rudy Giuliani (estimated to be worth tens of millions of dollars) to round out his administration. And Trump’s likely choice for deputy commerce secretary, Todd Ricketts, comes from the billionaire family that owns the Chicago Cubs.

Even retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who’s up for the job of secretary of housing and urban development, has an estimated fortune of $26 million, while White House adviser Steve Bannon has likely earned millions off his stake in the show “Seinfeld” alone. Andrew Puzder, a possible labor secretary, is no slouch, either — he made more than $4.4 million in 2012 as CEO of the holding company that owns restaurant chains Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr.

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“These picks are a betrayal of his message to working class voters,” said Neera Tanden, president of Center for American Progress and a close Clinton confidante. “Trump claimed he would fight the global elite billionaire class, instead he’s handing them the keys to agency after agency.”

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Can you spell oligarchy? Can you spell feudal? I suggest you look them up while you can.

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Another missed Campaign

talking point of the Democratic Party. Talk about a missed opportunity.

[lonestarnot]

2. Gazillionaires are not exempt from a bleed out.