The inescapable truth about rightwing billionaires and Trump
Hint: It’s all about the money
Some very wealthy people helped put Donald Trump in office, and have continued to subsidize the Trump presidency and those Republicans who enable it.
Why would they do this? Why would they play such a horrible game of Russian Roulette with the United States of America and its citizens?
Why would they take such a chance on destroying democracy all around the world by helping flip it’s most iconic Founder, the international role model for democracy in a republic of laws, into oligarchy and strongman rule?
Is it possible they did this not out of ideology (even though a majority describe themselves as “conservative“ or “libertarian“), but because they have a common interest that Trump and the GOP could help satisfy by maintaining, and, from their point of view, even improving, the status quo?
Sadly, like the old cliché, with rightwing billionaires like Trump, “It’s all about the money.” Here’s how it works:
There are two ways to become a very wealthy person in the United States: earn that money or inherit/marry it.
A substantial percentage of American rightwing billionaires have inherited or married their money.
