Since his November 5 victory, President elect Donald Trump HAS been going at break neck speed to fill cabinet and executive positions before he is sworn in on January 20. Eight years ago, he relied significantly on the Republican party and appointed traditional Republican insiders, many who were considered wealthy, but not billionaires.
Eight years later, Trump is ignoring traditional Republican appointments reaching way beyond Republican insiders and appointing many individuals who are antigovernment with great reliance on wealthy billionaires who have the ultimate goal of dismantling government and agencies that they believe have interfered with their business interests.
BILLIONAIRE AND MILLIONARE APPOINTMENTS
Trump has tapped an unprecedented number of billionaires and millionaires for his administration. Trumps nominees make up the richest presidential administration in modern history. His nominees include a wrestling magnate, a private space pioneer, a New York real estate developer, the heir to a small appliance empire, and the wealthiest man on the planet, Elon Musk, with several being donors and close personal friends of Trump.
In total, the combined net worth of the wealthiest members of his administration could surpass $460 billion which exceeds the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of mid-sized countries. Even if you discount Elon Musk, Trump’s cabinet will still be the wealthiest in history. Trumps cabinet will include billionaires Howard Lutnick nominated as Commerce Secretary, Linda McMahon nominated as Education Secretary, and Scott Bessent nominated as Treasury Secretary.
BILLIONARE APPOINTMENTS
Beginning with President Elect Donald Trump himself, following are Trumps biggest appointment and their estimated net worth:
PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP: $6.2 BILLION
Trump’s original fortune comes from real estate, which includes residential and office buildings, hotels and golf courses worldwide, including Mar-a-Lago in Florida and Trump Tower in New York. The former president also has a $3.5 billion stake in his social network, Trump Media & Technology Group, though he has vowed not to sell his shares.Trump’s net worth is $6.2 billion, according to Forbes.
DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY: OLIGARCKS ELON MUSK AND VIVEK RAMASWAMY
Trump announced that Elon Musk, a billionaire backer, and Ramaswamy, another billionaire and a former primary rival who endorsed Trump, would lead an effort to slash government spending and regulations. Trump said the effort would partner with the Office of Management and Budget, but would provide guidance from “outside of Government.” Musk in particular has extensive financial holdings with government contractors that could complicate an official government job. Both men have absolutely no background in government and are hell bent on trying run government like their own private businesses. Private businesses are run for profit, while government is run to provide essential services free of charge to the public.
ELON MUSK: $363.3 BILLION
Musk is the world’s richest person, with his stakes in Tesla, SpaceX, Twitter, and artificial intelligence startup xAI making him worth over $400 billion, according to Forbes. The tech mogul spent over a quarter of a billion dollars to help return Trump to the White House, and has emerged as one of the most influential figures in Trump’s world.
Trump tapped Musk to lead the Department of Government Efficiency, an outside of government advisory group Trump plans to establish once he takes office. Much is still unknown about the new commission, how exactly it will function, but Musk promised it “will send shockwaves through the system, and anyone involved in Government waste.”
Musk said he believes he can cut $2 trillion from the country’s $6.75 trillion budget and acknowledged that such large cuts could be uncomfortable. “We have to reduce spending to live within our means. … And, you know, that necessarily involves some temporary hardship, but it will ensure long-term prosperity.”
VIVEK RAMASWAMY: $1 BILLION
Vivek Ramaswamy is an entrepreneur and former pharmaceutical executive who rose to prominence as one of the Republican presidential candidates, and as a challenger to Trump. He eventually dropped out and threw his support behind Trump and parroting to great lengths all things that are Trump essentially becoming a clone of Trump. Ramaswamy, a biotech entrepreneur made his fortune through his 10% stake in Roivant Sciences, a biotech company he founded in 2014. After leaving Roivant in 2021, he founded Strive Asset Management, which manages approximately $1.7 billion — including offering an “anti-woke” index fund. During his long shot bid for the White House, Ramaswamy loaned and contributed $26 million to his own campaign.
Trump tapped Ramaswamy to join Musk in co-leading the Department of Government Efficiency. In an opinion column they co-wrote for the Wall Street Journal, the two said they view their role is to “cut the federal government down to size.”
“We are entrepreneurs, not politicians. We will serve as outside volunteers, not federal officials or employees. Unlike government commissions or advisory committees, we won’t just write reports or cut ribbons. We’ll cut costs,” they wrote.
Ramaswamy’s net worth is $1 billion, according to Forbes.
COMBINING FORCES TO DISMANTAL GOVERNEMENT
Since Trump announced his plans for a “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), both Musk and Ramaswamy have talked up their big plans to slash government regulations and spending while downsizing the federal workforce. Despite its name, it won’t actually be a government “department,” like the Department of Education or the Department of Homeland Security.
On November 21, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy outlined a plan for Trump to oversee a massive reduction in the federal workforce, arguing the employees won’t be needed after Trump eliminates “thousands of regulations” in his next administration. Musk and Ramaswamy, singled out in a Wall Street Journal op-ed federal employees “who view themselves as immune from firing thanks to civil-service protections.” The duo pointed to recent Supreme Court decisions to argue the incoming president has the executive power to nullify many regulations unilaterally without Congress, pursue “large-scale firings” of federal workers and relocate some agencies outside of Washington. They said “a drastic reduction in federal regulations” would require vastly fewer federal employees.
One area Musk targeted after the panel was announced was spending on medical research.
Ramaswamy, meanwhile, said on X that the government shouldn’t appropriate money for programs that have expired. Ramaswamy said this:
“There are 1,200+ programs that are no longer authorized but still receive appropriations,” he wrote. “This is totally nuts. We can & should save hundreds of billions each year by defunding government programs that Congress no longer authorizes. We’ll challenge any politician who disagrees to defend the other side.”
Ramswamy’s post prompted some users to note that among those expired programs is veterans’ health care, one of the largest expenses in that bucket.
Ramaswamy, the founder of the biotech company Roivant Sciences, had a laser focus on slashing the federal bureaucracy during his time as a GOP presidential primary candidate. Speaking with NBC News as a candidate, he outlined his desire to use what’s known as “reduction in force” regulations to trim the federal workforce while also shuttering a number of federal agencies.
Ramaswamy predicted he would overcome any legal challenges because he wasn’t proposing to fire individual career officials, who are covered by civil service protections, but to institute widespread layoffs, eliminating jobs altogether. Ramaswamy also sought to eliminate the FBI; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the Education Department; the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and the Food and Nutrition Service within the Agriculture Department.
LINDA MCMAHON, EDUCATION SECRETARY: Up to $3 billion
McMahon, with her husband Vince McMahon, founded the company that later became World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. Under her leadership, WWE became the world’s largest wrestling entertainment company, with Vince McMahon worth over $3 billion in 2024. The McMahons have since separated, and it’s unclear how much of the company Linda owns individually.
Trump turned to McMahon, co-founder of World Wrestling Entertainment, as his choice to lead the Department of Education . On the campaign trail, Trump repeatedly spoke about dissolving the federal education department and instead leaving education decisions up to the individual states. McMahon, who donated $6 million to Trump’s first presidential campaign, served as leader of the Small Business Association in the former president’s first administration and currently works as co-chair of Trump’s transition team. Prior to that, McMahon served for a year on the Connecticut Board of Education, and served on the board of trustees for Sacred Heart University in Connecticut. McMahon, along with her husband Vincent McMahon, founded WWE in the early 1980s.
McMahon shares a $3 billion net worth with her husband, Vincent McMahon, according to Forbes.
HOWARD LUTNICK, COMMERCE SECRETARY: $2.2 billion
Trump nominated Lutnick, head of brokerage and investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial services firm he joined in 1983, to be his Secretary of Commerce. The billionaire businessman has led the investment firm since 1991 and owns about 60% of the company, according to Bloomberg Lutnick, who currently serves as co-chair of the Trump transition team, would be in charge of promoting and building American industries.
While campaigning, Trump proposed tariffs on imported goods as a way to drive sales for American-made products. Among his proposals were a 60% tariff on goods from China and a 20% tariff on all other imports. Lutnick supports the use of tariffs, and said that “balanced tariffs … make the most sense,” in a September interview with CNBC.
Lutnick’s net worth is $1.5 billion, according to Bloomberg.
SCOTT BESSENT, TREASURY SECRETARY: Reported billionaire
While Scott Bessent has been widely reported to be a billionaire, his exact amount of wealth is hard to pin down. Trump selected money manager Scott Bessent for Treasury Secretary, a move that will likely please Wall Street. He served as an economic advisor to Trump on the campaign trail and is the founder of hedge fund Key Square Capital Management. As treasury secretary, Bessent would be responsible for advising Trump on domestic and international financial, economic and tax policy.
A protege of Democratic megadonor George Soros, Bessent worked as the chief investment officer of Soros Fund Management before founding his own firm, Key Square Group. Bessent developed a reputation for bold bets on macroeconomic trends, including making more than a billion dollars by betting against the British pound in the 1990s, followed by a similar trade against the Japanese yen in 2013 that netted more than a billion dollars in profits. At one point, Bessent’s Key Square Group managed more than $5 billion. During the campaign cycle, Bessent was a major fundraiser and emerged as a key economic adviser to Trump.
Bessent has defended Trump’s use of tariffs, writing in an op-ed earlier this month that they are a “revenue-raising tool and a way of protecting strategically important industries in the U.S.” He called warnings that tariffs will lead to higher prices for Americans “fundamentally incorrect,” despite 16 Nobel prize-winning economists saying otherwise.
If confirmed, Bessent will be the first openly gay treasury secretary, and first openly gay Senate-confirmed Cabinet member in a Republican administration, according to the Associated Press.
DOUG BURGUM, INTERIOR SECRETARY: $100 million
Trump picked Burgum, to head the Department of the Interior. As secretary, he would be responsible for managing federal land and natural resources. The Bureau of Land Management and the National Parks Service would fall under his leadership. Burgum previously ran against Trump in the Republican presidential primary, but dropped out and eventually threw his support behind the former president. His exact net worth is not listed with Forbes, but Yahoo Finance estimates it is upwards of $1.1 billion.
Doug Burgum got his start in the software business in 1983 when he mortgaged a quarter million dollars worth of farmland to found Great Plains Software. Microsoft eventually purchased the company for a billion dollars in 2000, and Burgum went on to run a real estate development firm and venture capital company. He was elected governor of North Dakota in 2016 and was reelected in 2020. He ran a long shot presidential campaign and dropped out before the primaries, though he was one of Trump’s final three picks for vice president.
While campaigning, Trump said “drilling, drilling, drilling” was one of his Day One promises. Trump believes by increasing oil and gas drilling and rolling back clean energy regulations, inflation will come down. Burgum, whose state ranks third in oil and gas production, is likely to uphold Trump’s commitment to increase drilling.
PETE HEGSETH, DEFENSE SECRETARY NOMINEE: $17 million
Pete Hegseth is an American television host has a net worth of $17 Million. Hegseth earns a salary of $5 million annually from Fox News. He owns $9.2 million in real estate assets. https://www.caclubindia.com/trending/pete-hegseth/
Hegseth served as an officer in the Army National Guard and did tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, earning two Bronze Stars. He is currently a co-host for “Fox & Friends Weekend.” Trump has pledged to fire generals involved in the 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal and to eliminate “woke” initiatives that focus on diversity and equity in the military.
Secretary of Defense designate Pete Hegseth has railed against women in the military saying women should not be in combat, voiced support for troops accused of and in some instances, convicted of war crimes, and advocated for the firing of the military’s most senior officers accused of supporting so-called “woke” policies. Trump’s decision to place Hegseth into the top Pentagon job means he is set to put his ideas into action and clash directly with most current Pentagon leadership
ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR., HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY: $15 Million
President-elect Donald Trump announced he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, putting a man whose views public health officials have decried as dangerous in charge of a massive agency that oversees everything from drug, vaccine and food safety to medical research, Medicare and Medicaid.
RFK Jr.’s net worth is around $15 million, Forbes estimates, as of Nov. 14. However, the Kennedy family fortune was valued at $1.2 billion in 2015, according to Forbes. According to his 2023 financial disclosure, RFK Jr. owns Bitcoin worth between $100,001 and $250,000. He earned close to $5.5 million from his law firm Kennedy & Madonna LLP and made more than $1.5 million as a consultant for another law firm. RFK Jr. owns an estimated $3 million property on the Kennedy Compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, according to Forbes. He also owns a $7 million Los Angeles home with Hines.
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Kennedy founded one of the most prominent anti-vaccine groups in the country and has promoted the debunked claim that childhood vaccines cause autism. Kennedy vowed to purge entire departments at the Food and Drug Administration to root out corruption.
Kennedy is best known for his criticism of childhood vaccines. Again and again, Kennedy has made his opposition to vaccines clear. In July, he said in a podcast interview that “There’s no vaccine that is safe and effective” and told FOX News that he still believes in the long-ago debunked idea that vaccines can cause autism.
MAJOR AGENCY APPOINTMENTS WHO ARE BILLIONARES OR MILLIONARES
Trump has announced the appointments of the following major agency heads:
FRANK BISIGANANO, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONER: $1 billion
Bisiganano was one of JPMorgan Chase’s most influential executives during the 2008 recession, before taking over the financial services company First Data Corporation. Bisiganano became the CEO of Fiserv — a leading financial technology firm — when the company bought First Data in 2019. A hefty executive compensation package — more than $100 million in 2017 — and his stake in the company contributed to his net worth exceeding $1 billion, according to Fortune.
JARED ISAACMAN, NASA ADMINISTRATOR: $1.8 billion
Trump appointed Isaacman, CEO and founder of a credit card processing company, to lead NASA. Isaacman has collaborated with Musk since he bought a series of spaceflights from Musk’s SpaceX and in September Isaacman conducted the first private spacewalk. He also co-founded Draken International, a defense aerospace company.
Isaacman is a pioneer in private space exploration who made his fortune by founding the payment processing company Shift4 Payments. In addition to his stake in Shift4 — which processes a third of the customer payments made to American hotels and restaurants — Issacman sold his tactical aircraft company Draken International, LLC, to the investment company Blackstone for a reported nine-figure sum.
“Jared will drive NASA’s mission of discovery and inspiration, paving the way for groundbreaking achievements in Space science, technology, and exploration,” Trump said in a statement. “Jared’s passion for Space, astronaut experience, and dedication to pushing the boundaries of exploration, unlocking the mysteries of the universe, and advancing the new Space economy, make him ideally suited to lead NASA into a bold new Era.”
Isaacman’s net worth is $1.7 billion, according to Forbes.
KELLY LOEFFLER, ADMINISTRATOR OF SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION: $800 million
Loeffler is a former Georgia senator and the former CEO of Bakkt, a cryptocurrency trading platform. She owned a minority stake in the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream in 2010 before selling her stake in 2021 amid criticism stemming from the Black Lives Matter movement. Loeffler is married to billionaire and major Trump donor Jeffrey Sprecher, the CEO of Intercontinental Exchange, which owns the New York Stock Exchange. She was appointed to fill a vacated Senate seat in Georgia in 2020 but was defeated in a special election in 2021. Trump recently named Loeffler to serve as the co-chair of his inaugural committee and nominated her to lead the SBA.
MEHMET OZ, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES: $100 million
Dr. Oz is a heart surgeon-turned-TV-host who became famous for his program “The Dr. Oz Show.” He was previously the director of the Cardiovascular Institute at New York Presbyterian Hospital and vice-chairman and professor of surgery at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
In 2003, Oz began his television hosting career with his show “Second Opinion” on the Discovery Channel, and later became a regular on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” In 2009, Oz debuted his own “Dr. Oz Show,” which ran until 2022, when Oz ran for the Senate in Pennsylvania and lost.
During the coronavirus pandemic, Oz promoted the treatment of hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug unproven in treating COVID-19. He has faced criticism over his claims about weight-loss products and over his past statements on vaccination.
Oz has defended his endorsement of controversial medical products by saying that he goes against the “established grain,” and that he always puts patients first.
During his Senate run, he valued his assets between $100 million and $315 million, according to a federal financial disclosure.
STEPHEN FEINBERG: DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (Forbes valuation: $5 billion).
Stephen Feinberg is the co-founder of private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management (approx. $65 billion in assets under management). Feinberg was nominated by Trump as the upcoming deputy secretary of defense after serving as a chairman on the president-elect’s intelligence advisory board during his last term
BILLIONARE AMBASSADORSHIP APPOINTMENTS
Trump’s ambassador picks include several billionaires, including financier Warren Stephens, who has been tapped to serve as the ambassador to the United Kingdom, Conair executive Leandro Rizzuto Jr., tapped to serve as the ambassador to the Organization of American States, Charles Kushner, Trump’s son in law Jared Kusherners father named the ambassador to France, and Tom Barrack, named the ambassador to Turkey. Following is a listing aof announced Ambassador Appointments:
LEANDRO RIZZUTO JR., AMBASSADOR TO THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES: $3.5 billion
Rizzuto’s family made billions growing the hair product company Conair from a small family business run out of a Queens, New York, garage into one of the largest private companies in the United States. Forbes estimated the family’s net worth at approximately $3.5 billion in 2017. Rizzuto briefly served as Trump’s principal officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Bermuda in 2020 after his 2018 nomination to be ambassador to Barbados failed in the Senate.
WARREN STEPHENS, AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED KINGDOM: $3.4 billion
Stephens has spent his entire career with his family’s Little Rock-based investment bank, becoming the firm’s CEO and president in 1986. He spent $2 million in 2016 to support a group that aimed to stop Trump from winning the Republican nomination, but donated to Trump in the 2020 presidential race, and eventually supported Trump 2024 election after initially throwing his support behind other Republican candidates.
“Warren has always dreamed of serving the United States full time. I am thrilled that he will now have that opportunity as the top Diplomat, representing the U.S.A. to one of America’s most cherished and beloved Allies,” Trump said on social media.
Stephens’ net worth is $3.4 billion, according to Forbes.
CHARLES KUSHNER, AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE: $1.8 billion
Kushner is a real estate developer who made his fortune building thousands of residential units across New Jersey. In 2005, Kushner was sentenced to 24 months in prison after pleading guilty to multiple felonies, including making false statements to the Federal Election Commission, assisting in the filing of a false tax return, and retaliating against a cooperation witness.
During his plea hearing, he admitted to retaliating against his sister for cooperating with law enforcement by having a prostitute seduce her husband and covertly film them having sex. After serving his sentence, Kushner made a series of successful investments in the New York real estate market, including the purchase of a midtown skyscraper for nearly $2 billion. He was subsequently pardoned by Trump at the end of Trump’s first term.
His son Jared Kushner is married to Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump, and the Kushner family’s overall net worth is approximately $1.8 billion according to Forbes.
THOMAS BARRACK JR., AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY: $1 billion
In 1991, Barrack founded the private equity real estate firm Colony Capital, which now manages more than $80 billion as DigitalBridge Group.
A close friend of the president-elect, Barrack chaired Trump’s first inaugural committee and in 2022 was acquitted of federal charges accusing him of illegal foreign lobbying on behalf of the United Arab Emirates.
STEVEN WITKOFF, SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE MIDDLE EAST: $1 billion
Trump selected Witkoff, Florida real estate investor and Trump’s golf partner, to serve as his special envoy to the Middle East. He is chairman and chief executive officer of Witkoff Group, a real estate firm with luxury condos, office spaces and hotels around the country. Witkoff is also the co-chair of Trump’s inaugural committee along with Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler. After first meeting Donald Trump in a New York deli in the 1980s, Witkoff climbed New York’s real estate ladder alongside Trump, ultimately building a personal fortune of a billion dollars.
Witkoff has remained close to Trump for decades, testifying as an expert witness at his New York civil fraud trial in defense of the former president, and golfing with Trump during his second assassination attempt in September. Despite his limited experience in foreign affairs, Witkoff was named Trump’s Special Envoy to the Middle East.
“Steve is a Highly Respected Leader in Business and Philanthropy, who has made every project and community he has been involved with stronger and more prosperous. Steve will be an unrelenting Voice for PEACE, and make us all proud,” Trump said in a statement.
Witkoff’s net worth is at least $1 billion, according to Forbes.
TILMAN FERTITTA, AMBASSADOR TO ITALY (Forbes valuation: $10.4 billion).
Tilman Fertitta is Trump’s pick for ambassador to Italy. He is the owner of the Houston Rockets and Landry’s restaurant and entertainment company
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ANALYSIS AND COMMENTARY
The total net worth of the billionaires in the Trump administration equals or is upwards of least $382.2 billion, which is more than the GDP of 172 different countries. Since Musk, Ramaswamy, Witkoff, Isaacman and Stephens won’t be part of Trump’s Cabinet, excluding them brings the net worth of Trump’s Cabinet to at least $11.8 billion, assuming all nominees are approved in the Senate. The wealth of Trump’s current cabinet rivals only that of his first-term cabinet, which had a combined net worth of $3.2 billion. By comparison, President Joe Biden’s Cabinet total net worth was about $118 million, and Trump’s first Cabinet total net worth was about $6.2 billion. Prior to Trump, former President Barrack Obama’s Cabinet net worth was about $2.8 billion in his second term, according to Forbes.
While it’s common for people with careers in business to serve in government, ultra-rich individuals with complex financial backgrounds and previous business dealings raise concerns about potential conflicts of interest. Kedric Payne, senior director of Ethics at Campaign Legal Center, formerly deputy chief counsel of the Office of Congressional Ethics, said this:
“Being wealthy by itself is not a disqualifier. … It’s just simply the potential conflicts of interest that are the concern.”
Trump-Vance transition spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said this:
“The American people re-elected President Trump by a resounding margin giving him a mandate to implement the promises he made on the campaign trail, and his Cabinet picks reflect his priority to put America First. … President Trump will continue to appoint highly-qualified men and women who have the talent, experience, and necessary skill sets to Make America Great Again.”
Under federal ethics laws, Trump’s wealthy nominees and appointees will have to divest themselves of stock holdings that could raise conflict issues . They will be required to release their financial disclosures. It’s not yet clear if Musk and Ramaswamy will fall under the disclosure requirements, due to their positions being described as “outside” of the government despite the massive impact they could have on the government.
IT’S THE ECONOMY STUPID
It was the economy and inflation that swept Trump to a decisive victory. Exit polls showed that the voting public were extremely disgruntled if not downright hostile with the direction the country is going, with inflation out of control. Voters were far more were concerned about making a decent living, angered over grocery and gas prices, as opposed to any threat Trump posed to democracy. Voters simply believed they were better off when Trump was President the first time believing all his lies. Voters chose to forget the 4 years of total chaos Trump brought upon the county and his failure to deal with the pandemic that killed millions worldwide and in the United States and that had a strangle hold on the country and that destroyed the economy.
In the end, voters simply ignored Trumps flawed character, the multimillion dollar civil judgements against him for sexual assault and slander, his criminal conduct in the private sector and while in office, his fraud in securing millions in loans in New York, the multiple state criminal convictions and pending federal criminal charges, his two impeachments, his misogyny and racism, his threat to democracy, his attempt to overthrow the government with all his lies that the election was rigged and stolen from him, his attacks on woman’s rights and civil rights, his partiality to racists groups such as the Proud Boys, his promotion of racist policies and his cult following of Christian fundamentalist who totally ignored his immorality, multiple marriages and affairs and praised him as the second coming.
Throughout his successful campaign, Trump campaigned on the idea that he would “rescue our middle class” and fight for the average American. Now that he had been elected, he has essentially turned his back on the average American and has chosen billionaires to run and dismantle government. Gone are all of his proclamations that he will reduce the cost of groceries and gas. Trump has gone so far to suggest after he was elected there was not much he can do about consumer prices and the cost of groceries. Now that Trump as been elected, he and his cadre of billionaire friends and associates will now have the opportunity to do what they have always wanted to do: dismantle government.
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