Dear John,
Trump is creating a government of billionaires, by billionaires, and for billionaires.
So far, he’s picked 13 billionaires to serve in his administration -- surpassing his first administration as the wealthiest ever.
Heading the so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” is the biggest billionaire of them all, Elon Musk, alongside pharma billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy.
For the Department of Education, he’s picked WWE executive Linda McMahon.
Trump also tapped Howard Lutnick, a Wall Street mogul worth at least $2 billion, to be Commerce Secretary, and hedge fund billionaire Scott Bessent for Treasury Secretary.
Trump’s cabinet nominees alone are worth at least $11 billion. And that number doesn’t even include the hundreds of billions from his non-official advisors like Musk.
The idea that all these billionaires are going to watch out for the interests of the working and middle class is ridiculous. Check out this week’s video and pass it along to anyone you know who thinks Trump is going to unrig the economy for the little guy.
All of this wealth is truly staggering, but the biggest problem is all the resulting conflicts of interest. Trump’s picks have huge sums of money tangled up in the industries they’re tasked with overseeing. Can we really trust that they will act in the public interest rather than in the interests of their portfolios?
The short answer is no!
Many Americans turned to Trump because they believed he would unrig the system. But he’s filling the White House with the people who benefit most by keeping it rigged.
Thank you for watching and sharing this video.
... Beware.
Robert Reich
Inequality Media
