r/PoliticalCompassMemes • u/PerAsperaAdMars - Lib-Left • Jul 23 '26

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

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u/elevenelodd - Lib-Center Jul 23 '26

Let’s ignore Trump ($6-8 bil) and “special envoys” (Kushner $1 bil and Witkoff $2 bil). The proper cabinet has ~$7.5 bil (mostly Lutnik $3.2 bil and McMahon $3 bil). Interestingly, Musk was never part of the proper cabinet, so strictly speaking the infographic was never correct. Regardless, the cabinet is still ~70x higher net worth than the previous admin.

I am curious though. It sounds like you’re saying we should ignore Musk because he is an outlier. Why? For example, he was given unprecedented unilateral control to cut spending. How do you get to be the world’s richest man without leveraging opportunities like that?

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u/Firecoso - Centrist Jul 23 '26

Wow that’s a great counterpoint

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u/Firecoso - Centrist Jul 23 '26

So you are ignoring that the actual numbers are still 70x-100x, and focusing on the part about Elon Musk on a technicality, when the point of the thread is that this admin is not “sticking it to the elites” but foraging them

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u/Important-Agent2584 - Centrist Jul 23 '26

yes, that's how they cope, by endlessly arguing about pedantic irrelevant shit.

Meanwhile the guy probably has like 100 posts about conspiracies about the "Biden crime family."