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'By and For the Ultra-Wealthy': Here Are The Billionaires Set To Run Trump's Administration

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“Trump paid plenty of lip service to working-class Americans, but as president-elect, he’s moved quickly to stack his administration with billionaires that share his vision of a rigged economy that only works for people like them.”

Yep, you can see it all being set up as we’ve pointed out from the vast majority of Donald Trump’s appointees for unconstitutional agencies that will continue during his term in office despite the claim that they will be eliminated.  And guess what?  Most are either corrupt politicians or celebrities and billionaires.

Common Dreams informs us about some of the billionaires in the coming Trump administration.

Since winning the presidential election earlier this month, Donald Trump has wasted no time working to fill his incoming administration with billionaires and other ultra-rich individuals who are poised to benefit from the GOP agenda of tax cuts for the wealthy and large-scale deregulation.

In separate analyses published this week, Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF) and Accountable.US offered overviews of the president-elect’s key nominations and their potential conflicts of interest as Trump prepares to retake power in January.

So far, Trump has announced plans to nominate billionaire hedge fund manager Scott Bessent to head the Treasury Department, WWE billionaire Linda McMahon to head the Education Department, billionaire crypto banker Howard Lutnick to head the Commerce Department, and billionaire entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to head the Department of Government Efficiency—an outside advisory commission tasked with slashing federal spending and regulations.

“These appointments clearly show the incoming administration will be run by and for the ultra-wealthy,” said David Kass, ATF’s executive director. “They’ve already announced plans to spend trillions of dollars to renew the Trump tax bill, to further enrich large corporations and wealthy elites like themselves while advocating for cuts to vital programs that working and middle-class Americans depend on.”

ATF’s analysis, released Monday, shows that the combined wealth of Trump’s richest nominees and transition team members—including the president-elect and Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), the vice president-elect—is over $313 billion. By comparison, the combined net worth of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet is an estimated $118 million.

“Even excluding Elon Musk—the world’s richest man and Trump’s co-director of the Department of Government Efficiency—the average net worth of Trump, his vice president, and top appointees is $616 million,” ATF observed. “This figure is over 616 times higher than the mean average wealth of the typical American household, which is a little more than $1 million.”

ATF and Accountable.US also highlighted other ultra-rich individuals nominated for key roles in the incoming administration, including drilling enthusiast Doug Burgum, worth an estimated $100 million; Mehmet Oz, worth up to $315 million; and Chris Wright, who as of earlier this month held nearly $47 million worth of stock in his fracking company, Liberty Energy.

Tony Carrk, executive director of Accountable.US, said in a statement Tuesday that “Donald Trump paid plenty of lip service to working-class Americans” during the 2024 campaign, “but as president-elect, he’s moved quickly to stack his administration with billionaires that share his vision of a rigged economy that only works for people like them.”

“Should the Senate rubber stamp these nominations,” Carrk added, “Trump’s department heads will be among the biggest beneficiaries of another promised tax giveaway for big corporations and the top 1%, paid for with deep cuts for seniors, veterans, and everyday workers.”

Billionaires have already gotten significantly richer since Trump’s election victory, according to research published last week by ATF. In roughly the week after Trump’s win, the combined net worth of the nation’s 815 billionaires jumped by around $280 billion—with Musk’s wealth surge accounting for 20% of that gain.

Article posted with permission from Sons of Liberty Media



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  • Anonymous

    Formerly called Pharaoh before they had to hide within their secret societies.

  • Slimey

    Makes sense. You don’t want to put in Joe The Plumber to run a billion dollar industry. Complete with his crack exposed as he tells you where to kiss my ass! :lol:

  • US Marine Fighting Tyranny

    My Fellow Americans:

    I think one line out of this article tells the whole story: “Majority of Donald Trump’s appointees for unconstitutional agencies that will continue during his term in office despite the claim that they will be eliminated… Most are either corrupt politicians or celebrities and billionaires.”

    JD – US Marine: YepPP!… Was Anyone Stupid Enough To Expect Anything Different???

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    • US Marine Fighting Tyranny

      My Fellow Americans:

      Trump To Arrest Pedo Elite & Fact Checkers!

      Does this mean he will have himself arrested for all the kids he raped (and made out of court settlements with),… and have JEWS arrested as they as usually at the center of any pedo-rings….

      I think not.

      FACTS:

      1 – Trump is a Jew prostitute. They own him the way you might own a dog.

      2 – Trump DECLARED he is the “Father Of Operation Warp Speed”, which has now mass murdered more Americans with Trump’s APPROVED COVID Extermination then Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, Tojo, Hirohito… COMBINED! (17 million and counting…)

      3 – Trump has his own TRADEMARKS in China (along with his Daughter and Jared) which can only happen if YOUR A MEMBER OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY!

      4 – Trump raped underage girls provided by Epstein.
      (See: Katie Johnson, Link: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/3/13501364/trump-rape-13-year-old-lawsuit-katie-johnson-allegation)

      5 – Trump went bankrupt in the 90′s to the tune of nearly $5 BILLION Dollars,… and was “forgiven” this debt by the JEW BANKERS.

      6 – Trump PROMISED to lock up Hillary Clinton when he was running against her, but did NOTHING after getting into the White House.

      7 – Trump Promised to expose Obama’s FAKE Birth certificate…. NEVER HAPPENED, NOR DID HE EVEN TALK ABOUT IT ANYMORE AFTER GETTING INTO THE WHITE HOUSE.

      8 – Trump PROMISED to expose 9/11,… NEVER HAPPENED, NOR DID HE EVEN TALK ABOUT…

      • US Marine Fighting Tyranny

        8 – Trump PROMISED to expose 9/11,… NEVER HAPPENED, NOR DID HE EVEN TALK ABOUT IT ANYMORE AFTER GETTING INTO THE WHITE HOUSE!.

        9 – Trumps’s Son-In-Law, Jared is an Israel agent.

        …. this to name just a few of the act of Treason and MASS MURDER Accomplished by Trump…

        JD – US Marine: The Worst Enemy Of This Country, Is The One You Don’t Even Recognize As The Enemy, Like Trump, His JEW Owners, And Rag Outlets Like This Imbecile!

      • cobbler1

        Sorry but 6, 7, 8, we already know. Hillary was executed! We know and Trump was there when it happened. 7 and 8 you can find out the truth online. Get with the program.

        • cobbler1

          Also, you got to be crazy if you think I was going to vote for Harris. It’s obvious that Trump was the better of the two. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that!

          • US Marine Fighting Tyranny

            1 – I don’t vote for psychopaths or traitors.

            2 – Hillary Executed: Show me her death certificate, and verifiable proof that Trump, “was there”,… please.

            3 – Pay attention: I said, TRUMP promised to expose Obama and 9/11 when he got into office, He did neither.

            It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out you have no idea what your writing about. – JD

          • Anonymous

            BY your reasoning, you would have shown up to vote if Ponzi was running against Madoff.

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