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Donald Trump is assembling the richest administration in modern American history
Washington Post ^ | Nov. 30, 2016 | Jim Tankersley and Ana Swanson

Posted on 11/30/2016 5:40:02 PM PST by Innovative

Trump is putting together what will be the wealthiest administration in modern American history. His announced nominees for top positions include several multimillionaires, an heir to a family mega-fortune and two Forbes-certified billionaires, one of whose family is worth as much as industrial tycoon Andrew Mellon was when he served as treasury secretary nearly a century ago. Rumored candidates for other positions suggest Trump could add more ultra-rich appointees soon.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: trump; trumpadministration; trumpcabinet; trumptransition
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Excellent.

They won't use their gov. positions to get rich. They will be able to totally focus on solving the problems and "make America great again".

1 posted on 11/30/2016 5:40:02 PM PST by Innovative
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To: Innovative

Exactly

That is the way I look at it


2 posted on 11/30/2016 5:41:02 PM PST by arl295
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Any of them rich enough to "misplace" $2B, like Corzine?
3 posted on 11/30/2016 5:41:21 PM PST by Steely Tom ([VOTE FRAUD] == [CIVIL WAR])
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To: Innovative

4 posted on 11/30/2016 5:42:40 PM PST by C210N
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To: Innovative

So the Wash Post is trying another hit piece, and yet it backfires.
These rich people are taking a massive cut in their pay, and this tells me they are not doing it to make themselves rich as they are already rich. No they are doing it for the country.

Nice try Washington Post, now go and find something else to try and attack him.


5 posted on 11/30/2016 5:43:44 PM PST by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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These rich people are taking a massive cut in their pay, and this tells me they are not doing it to make themselves rich as they are already rich. No they are doing it for the country.

Of course he's going to choose rich people. They're rich because they're successful. He wants achievements. He's picking the cream of the crop.

6 posted on 11/30/2016 5:46:26 PM PST by ozarkgirl
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To: Innovative

Unlike Obama who assembled a group of ne’er-do-well community activists and failures at business, Trump is assembling a team of competent business people who know how to obtain data, how to turn that data into information, and how to analyze that information to make decisions based on facts.

The days of the know-nothings are over — at least for the next four years.


7 posted on 11/30/2016 5:46:34 PM PST by MIchaelTArchangel (Leftists are destroyers of everything good.)
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Yeah, we can't have people running things and making decisions who have actually DONE something...

All of those pointy headed college professors who were never in charge of anything have done so well the past 8 years....

8 posted on 11/30/2016 5:47:30 PM PST by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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The Amazon of Administrations...


9 posted on 11/30/2016 5:47:53 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Steely Tom

Or $1.2billion in cash at drop of a hat.

I want that cash transfer to Iran investigated


10 posted on 11/30/2016 5:48:13 PM PST by Undecided 2012
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To: Innovative

They may be rich, but they didn’t build that!


11 posted on 11/30/2016 5:48:42 PM PST by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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Indeed. If they are rich already , then they are successful. If they are that, then it is what the country needs to lead with.

Unlike obama who chose government cronies who got rich by scamming taxpayers.


12 posted on 11/30/2016 5:49:48 PM PST by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: C210N

Everything is the “richest” in history.


13 posted on 11/30/2016 5:50:23 PM PST by Misterioso (The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants. - Albert Camus)
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To: Innovative

This is a good thing. They won’t have to steal money from the taxpayers to build a “nest egg”.


14 posted on 11/30/2016 5:50:57 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (As long as tyranny exists, the Constitution and Bill of Right will never be "outdated" or "obsolete")
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To: manc

Washington Post is ENEMEDIA and the propaganda arm of the communists, perverts, and baby killers conspiring against REAL AMERICANS working to Make America Great Again.

Domestic enemy is fair game.


15 posted on 11/30/2016 5:51:06 PM PST by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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Excellent! President Trump said he was going to put businessmen in charge of the U.S. economy, so who better than SUCCESSFUL businessmen!


16 posted on 11/30/2016 5:51:19 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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Let’s see how the Trump team performs.

The Kenyan put together a team of misfit Marxists who made America weak again.


17 posted on 11/30/2016 5:51:35 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Rome2000

ASgreed, but to add to your great post of you don’t mind. They are all scumbags as far as I am concerned.


18 posted on 11/30/2016 5:53:03 PM PST by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: Feckless

How about some blue collar rank and file who elected Trump but don’t eat frog legs?


19 posted on 11/30/2016 5:54:57 PM PST by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors!)
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I agree...I have managed various kinds of business all my life...some for my family and some for others.

In my opinion as a professional business manager, Trump is accessing top-of-the-line business managers whether you like them or not in order for him to evaluate those available to fill his serious positions. I would do the same...and it does not mean that he will follow their suggestions. A good manager picks the brain of all those available to him and then uses his own best judgment based on years of experience to make the best choice
20 posted on 11/30/2016 5:57:44 PM PST by Stayfree (IT IS TIME TO START MAKING LAWS THAT LIBERALISM IS ILLEGAL!)
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