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The Trump White House is going to be chock full of weird rich people

Jeff Spross
December 2, 2016

Enough names have surfaced to tell us two things about President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet: It will be one of the wealthiest to ever run the executive branch. [ http://theweek.com/speedreads/664793/donald-trumps-unfinished-cabinet-already-wealthiest-modern-history ] And it will be shot through with executives from Wall Street.

Needless to say, major media outlets and their headline writers can't express outrage fast enough. Trump took numerous opportunities to rip on financial elites during his campaign: "Trump said hedge funders were 'getting away with murder.' Now he wants one to help run the economy," The Washington Post sputtered.
[ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/11/30/trump-said-hedge-funders-were-getting-away-with-murder-now-he-wants-one-to-help-run-the-economy/?utm_term=.bcfcbf7adbc6 ]

As understandable as the accusations of hypocrisy are, more interesting is asking why Trump can get away with such a comically brazen self-contradiction.

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http://theweek.com/articles/664991/trump-white-house-going-chock-full-weird-rich-people