THE GUARDIAN: President-elect tapping mega-rich backers for positions that will give them power to cut spending on public services
Enough billionaires and multimillionaires have been assembled by Donald Trump to fill key roles in his nascent administration to form a soccer team.
In a recruitment process that appears to mock his campaign’s appeal to working-class voters, the president-elect has brazenly tapped a gallery of mega-rich backers for key positions that, in some instances, will give them power to cut spending on public services that are used by the most poor and vulnerable.
At least 11 picks for strategic positions after Trump returns to the White House in January have either achieved billionaire status themselves, have billionaire spouses or are within touching distance of that threshold. » | Robert Tait in Washington | Friday, December 6, 2024
This must be a gathering of the richest clowns on the planet: Cirque des ploutocrates ! – © Mark Alexander
