His cabinet billionaire Trump

President-elect Donald Trump just appointed several ministerial positions but people have seen many billionaires, millionaires in it.


President-elect Donald Trump (center) with her deputy, Mike Pence met Betsy DeVos City Bedminster, New Jersey, today 19-11- Photo: AFP

As a red thread throughout the course of the last election is "Make America Great Again", Donald Trump seems to apply to the talent (and probably the whole property) of the American billionaire .

Too many millionaires, billionaires

23-11 Wednesday, he was nominated to the position she Betsy DeVos education minister. Ms. DeVos is an inherited business of cosmetics giant Amway wealthy in Michigan, with a personal fortune estimated at more than $ 5 billion.

Two other names are cult American press asserted announced the nomination of Mr. Wilbur Ross 30-11 days for ministerial positions and Steven Mnuchin for trade finance ministers.

Mr. Ross, 79, is a well-known billionaire investor activity on the restructuring of the industry to do business failures in areas such as steel, coal, telecommunications, textiles and foreign investment.

With a fortune estimated at $ 2.9 billion, Mr. Ross is loyal supporter economic advisor of Mr. Trump, helped shape many trade policy stance of Mr. Trump in his campaign for the White House , including opposition to trade agreements such as North American free trade agreement (NAFTA) signed in 1994 with Canada and Mexico.

To aide to Mr. Ross at the Ministry of Commerce, Donald Trump has prepared the name Todd Ricketts, a banker.

Mr. Ricketts is a big sponsor of the GOP, but what people remember more than the property is up to $ 1 billion of this he and his family owns the Chicago Cubs baseball team.

Meanwhile, Steven Mnuchin is a former partner of Goldman Sachs. This is the first time in eight years with a veteran Wall Street came from being appointed to a high position within the US.

Mr. Mnuchin, 55, is CEO and founder of Dune Capital Management LP, is also head of fundraising his election Trump. Mr. Mnuchin has assets estimated at up to $ 46 million.

The names are the press speculation (of course, always have some basis) are being taken into consideration Mr. Trump as assistants are millionaires, billionaires of the energy sector.

Leadership positions for the Department of Energy, the American press mentioned the name of the general manager oil company Continental is Harold Hamm, with a personal fortune of about $ 15 billion.

Secretary positions are supposed to belong to Mitt Romney, the founder of one of the leading investment funds in the US, with assets of more than 250 million individuals; Rudy Giuliani or former New York City mayor, but also as a "shark" with a fortune estimated at $ 45 million.

To both Ben Carson, neurological surgeon and his former rival Trump in primaries stage, are also being targeted for the Ministry of Housing, with assets of approximately $ 26 million.

Richer than hundred countries

According to the website Politico, if the names mentioned above are confirmed will go into his new cabinet Trump then stole their assets Trem 35 billion. Of course there is the whole of his assets at about 10 billion Trump as he announced.

Quartz pages do a little comparison of "weight" of the cabinet with the total national income of the country and found it to be classified in Class 99, which is located between the Democratic Republic of Congo (ranked 98 with 35.2 GDP billion) and Bolivia (ranked 100 with 33.2 billion dollars)!

In other words, the assets of the Cabinet of Mr. Trump than a hundred national GDP in the world today!

But if calculated according to Forbes magazine, the assets of the US presidential election only about $ 3.7 billion. And so, the "heritage" of the US cabinet is headed to 28.7 billion dollars, but even so, it is better than to 95 countries such as Estonia or Paraguay!

In fact, the participation of the millionaires, billionaires in the cabinet in Washington is not something unprecedented. Penny Pritzker, trade ministers of Barack Obama, also served as the heir of the family owned luxury hotel chain Hyatt, with a fortune estimated at more than $ 2 billion.

Or as Henry Paulson, Treasury Secretary under President Bush's campaign, also a former director of Goldman Sachs, with personal assets of about 92 million.

Larry Sabato, University of Virginia, supposed satirical comments: "Of course no one thought he would gather Trump trade unionists in Michigan. A billionaire will always tend to choose the billionaire on around him ".

But this is also a cause of worry observers: Mr. Trump always says would demolishing political system "rotten" in Washington and those who sit on the grub eating there, but the way he is doing, seems to go the opposite of what he has stated eloquently earlier.

Of course, no one can blame Trump how he was doing, his cabinet have not started to work and the billionaires, millionaires do politics there's nothing wrong.

It was only joking, though no less desire to share the fact that his only hope to imitate cabinet boss of the White House will wholeheartedly serve the country without receiving a salary from the taxpayer.

29-11 days, majority leader in the Senate, Mitch McConnell said he expects Congress will vote on the nominations of the new government cabinet within the first working day of the President on 20 -1 years. Thank you for leaving valuable comments