If there were any doubts that Donald Trump’s second presidency would bring a lurch toward oligarchy in the United States, the front row at his inauguration – comprising a veritable who’s who of Silicon Valley titans and other business elites – laid them to rest. If personnel is policy, Trump’s cabinet nominees, White House appointments, and purges of executive branch agencies makes it clear whom his administration intends to serve.
If there were any doubts that Donald Trump’s second presidency would bring a lurch toward oligarchy in the United States, the front row at his inauguration – comprising a veritable who’s who of Silicon Valley titans and other business elites – laid them to rest. If personnel is policy, Trump’s cabinet nominees, White House appointments, and purges of executive branch agencies makes it clear whom his administration intends to serve.