Trump Cabinet Signals Embrace of Wall Street Elite
We told you so, America. Trump voters have elected a billionaire business man, with a myriad of conflicts of interest between his private companies and his new public position, and…
We told you so, America. Trump voters have elected a billionaire business man, with a myriad of conflicts of interest between his private companies and his new public position, and…
From today’s NYT article on Trump’s economic policy speech: “But the economic agenda Mr. Trump described included many traditionally Republican policies that offer little to no direct benefit to working-class…
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