President-elect Donald Trump was propelled into office largely due to a campaign message that promised to lift up working-class people and restore America to its former greatness. Yet, since the election, he has begun assembling the wealthiest Cabinet in modern American history, featuring corporate chief executives, millionaires and billionaires, and heirs and heiresses.
Trump and his supporters don’t necessarily see a contradiction. The logic to many of the Cabinet picks appears to be similar to that of Trump’s own campaign pitch: that he and his appointees are proven dealmakers and business leaders with the ability to clean up Washington’s “rigged system” for the benefit of average Americans.
