No swamp-draining as Trump picks Wall Street bankers, billionaires
For those who voted for change, this is the opposite of what Bernie Sanders offered.
Click here for reuse options!Hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson was feeling happy Wednesday morning.
After Donald Trump ridiculed Wall Street on the campaign trail, the President-elect tapped former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. executive Steven Mnuchin to be his Treasury secretary and billionaire investor Wilbur Ross to lead the Commerce Department. Trump even met with Goldman Sachs President Gary Cohn inside Trump Tower.
It would suit Tilson just fine if voters who backed Trump because he promised to rein in Wall Street are furious now that he’s surrounding himself with bankers and billionaires.
“I can take glee in that — I think Donald Trump conned them,” said Tilson, who runs Kase Capital Management. “I worried that he was going to do crazy things that would blow the system up. So the fact that he’s appointing people from within the system is a good thing.”
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15 responses to No swamp-draining as Trump picks Wall Street bankers, billionaires
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anothertoothpick December 1st, 2016 at 08:35
The golden rule kicked in—“He who has the gold makes the rules.”
William December 1st, 2016 at 08:46
Here’s the funny part. If Mitt Romney takes the SOS job, he will be the poorest cabinet member so far. He is only worth 250 million, the others are billionaires. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/8886e69334f358d7312b2ab4a4c986a8f54ca0cc932c1ac4d252fd40c4d1a4ee.jpg
mea_mark December 1st, 2016 at 09:13
” “I can take glee in that — I think Donald Trump conned them,” said Tilson, ” — This should go over real well with the orange one starting a ‘thank you’ tour today, or is it the ‘I conned you tour’. I bet the secret service will have their hands fulls for awhile. Keeping the #Derp45 elect alive will be a real challenge.
Willys41 December 1st, 2016 at 10:55
Trump IS the swamp. Been obvious forever.
Ned Nutley December 1st, 2016 at 13:03
You rural farm fools who helped him win have been had, hope you all get trumped real bad!
oldfart December 2nd, 2016 at 00:50
They should look on the bright side…he has small hands. ;)
William December 1st, 2016 at 13:04
Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha. https://youtu.be/emovoLn8ZhI
robert December 1st, 2016 at 14:35
1,100 carrier jobs still going to Mexico. Maybe the trumpster is hoping for that 35% to become reality
amersham1046 December 1st, 2016 at 17:42
Only the trumpites are surprised at these selections–
But Donald trust them to do a good job and the is enough for them
Jungle_Bhoy December 1st, 2016 at 22:31
We shouldn’t laugh – some of these people actually believed Trump – hilarious site tracking buyers remorse of Trump voters…. https://trumpgrets.tumblr.com/?og=1
oldfart December 2nd, 2016 at 00:56
They haven’t suffered enough…
He hasn’t even taken office yet !
liberalMD December 2nd, 2016 at 08:39
I wonder how “the Donald” is going to “make America great again” with the same old cronies that made it the vile cesspool it is today. Thank you, Red Staters!
I suggest that everyone grab their assets and gird their loins as I predict there will be another Wall Street raid of your mutual funds and retirement accounts within the first year of Trump’s presidency. America will become great again only if you have a Wall Street address.
Buford2k11 December 2nd, 2016 at 09:16
I think we are going to see the old saying “to the victors, go the spoils”….on steroids…the Rape of America starts on January 20th…the collapse of our freedom starts on July 4th…Net Neutrality dies soon after…oh boy…I have become one DOOM AND GLOOM son of a bitch…haven’t I?
Bunya December 2nd, 2016 at 13:42
Draining the swamp? Hardly. It looks more like he’s adding more alligators to the already over-polluted swamp.
bpollen December 3rd, 2016 at 06:35
Working class Americans who voted for Trump, he is in your corner – with his hand in your pocket and a knife at your back! Take THAT, elites!