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.

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    4 months ago

    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?

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      4 months ago

      Well, yeah. If you drain all the clean water out of the swamp you’re just left with the decaying muck of a dying ecosystem. Almost like that metaphor never actually made sense.

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    4 months ago

    It would be so cool if they could be melted down and harvested for resources. A lot of good could be accomplished with $340bn.

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    I legitimately had someone I know (but no longer consider a friend) tell me that he believes Trump is a solid businessman and these choices may seem out of the ordinary but it is because nobody with his know-how has ever had an opportunity like this.

    Let’s never mind the first term.

    Dude literally thinks these are all wise choices that he doesn’t understand because he’s too dumb. He’s got the second part right.

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    4 months ago

    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!

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    4 months ago

    And I bet one of the qualifications for being nominated is buying a portfolio of Trump NFTs…

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      4 months ago

      What if Trump really is for the people and he’s jus putting them all in one convenient location…

      Edit: this is a joke

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      4 months ago

      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!