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jordanlund@lemmy.worldM to politics @lemmy.world · 4 months ago

Trump has tapped an unprecedented 13 billionaires for his administration. Here's who they are

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Trump has tapped an unprecedented 13 billionaires for his administration. Here's who they are

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jordanlund@lemmy.worldM to politics @lemmy.world · 4 months ago
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President-elect Donald Trump has assembled the wealthiest presidential administration in modern history, with at least 13 billionaires set to take top government posts.
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    It’s spelled “oligarchy,” ABC News.

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      Actually it’s called a “broligarchy”

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        They’re the same picture

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    He’s lazy, he probably just copied Luigi’s list

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      Probably had an aid use the last Forbes wealthiest list to find candidates for his administration. We all know he doesn’t, and probably can’t, read.

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        They’re all donors he owes something to

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      *checks it twice*

      I am Luigi.

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    I wonder if they’ll all ever be in the same room. You know, for… like… a photo… or something…

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      I sure would like to have that commemorated.

    • AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works
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      :)

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    Billionaires Club:

    11/12/2024 - Elon Musk & Vivek Ramaswamy named to head Department of Government Efficiency

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivek_Ramaswamy

    11/12/2024 - Steven Witkoff, Special Envoy to the Middle East

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Witkoff

    11/19/2024 - Linda McMahon nominated Education Secretary (voted “Most likely to have a dalmatian skin coat”.)

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_McMahon

    11/19/2024 - Howard Lutnick nominated for Secretary of Commerce

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Lutnick

    11/22/2024 - Scott Bessent nominated Secretary of the Treasury

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Bessent

    11/30/2024 - Charles Kushner (Jared’s dad) nominated ambassador to France

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kushner

    12/02/2024 - Warren Stephens nominated ambassador to the United Kingdom

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Stephens

    12/04/2024 - Frank Bisignano selected to head the Social Security Administration

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Bisignano

    12/05/2024 - David Sacks named “White House A.I. & Crypto Czar”

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_O._Sacks

    12/10/2024 - Tom Barrack nominated ambassador to Turkey

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Barrack

    12/11/2024 - Leandro Rizzuto Jr. nominated ambassador to the Organization of American States

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leandro_Rizzuto_Jr.

    12/16/2024 - Jared Isaacman nominated for NASA Administrator

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Isaacman

    Also up there:

    11/14/2024 - Doug Burgum nominated Secretary of the Interior - $100 million

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Burgum

    11/19/2024 - Dr. Mehmet Oz nominated Administrator Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - $100 million

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmet_Oz

    12/04/2024 - Kelly Loeffler selected to lead the Small Business Administration - $800 million

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Loeffler

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      For those who may not know, Charles Kushner was pardoned by Trump during his last term.

      Kushner hired a prostitute to lure his brother-in-law, then arranged to have the encounter in a New Jersey motel room recorded with a hidden camera and the recording sent to his own sister, the man’s wife, prosecutors said.

      Kushner eventually pleaded guilty to 18 counts including tax evasion and witness tampering. He was sentenced in 2005 to two years in prison — the most he could receive under a plea deal, but less than what Chris Christie, the U.S. attorney for New Jersey at the time and later governor and Republican presidential candidate, had sought.

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    No, you don’t get it! This way they can’t be bought! Trump is getting money out of politics!!!

    /s

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    The broligarchy is here, people.

    So glad “we” voted for this.

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    I’m certain these guys will work tirelessly to redistribute wealth to common people…?

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      Yep, all getting together to form a large “can’t take it with you” org to give it all away before they are gone.

      If only … (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻)

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    And still I see his supporters saying he’s doing it because he’s a smart businessman

    I fucking hate things right now.

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    Drain the swamp or whatever.

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      The swamp is the people.

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    Putting them all in one place huh? 🤔

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    Privitization about to go off the rails. I’m seeing the mafia-oligarchy of Russia that arose there 2-decades-ago.

    The Judicial System has collapsed.

    The media ecosystem has collapsed.

    Democratic elections are… Likely there as well by next election cycle.

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    There is no way He is doing all this himself. He must have a team and he is just signing off on their suggestions.

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      The list of people making him sign is right in OP’s list.

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    If someone doesn’t even start a position, can we still measure their tenure in Mooches?

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      Negative mooches. :)

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    “Donald trump has fucked an unprecedented 13 robber barons for his ‘administration’”*****

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