“Also on the list are 96 “oligarchs.””
Trump knows how rich people are about their social standing, and how they will mobilize their political influence to get their way.
Sure there are serious threats to businesses and overseas assets. But it really starts to hit them at home when their family starts getting excluded from the International billionaires club activities. What if their daughter has to be pulled from school in Switzerland, or gets blocked from transporting her dressage horses to a function with the other billionaire girls? Dad is going to hear about it, and try to get it fixed through his political connections.
A hundred billionaires working against you is a lot to manage. Light a fire under them, and let them do the work.
Bingo. And you’re especially describing the lifestyles of Russian oligarchs when referring to the schools in Switzerland, England, et al. They want so badly to be “part of the club” — all the while banking off a system fundamentally set on undermining it. It’s about time they get a taste of their own medicine.