Summary
Donald Trump is assembling the wealthiest U.S. administration in history, with a cabinet of billionaires and multimillionaires worth a combined $340 billion.
High-profile appointees include Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy for a new government efficiency role, alongside billionaires Linda McMahon, Doug Burgum, and Scott Bessent in key cabinet positions.
Critics argue this contrasts sharply with Trump’s working-class rhetoric, with analysts warning of policies favoring the wealthy at the expense of public services like education and social security.
Backlash over inequality and budget cuts is anticipated.
Unrelated, but does anyone know how much tissue a guillotine can cut through in one motion using it’s own momentum?
I just realized 1700s France could have probably saved a lot of manual labor by arranging their oligarchs in a little stack and then dropping the blade.
Anyway, $340bn? Daaaaang that’s crazy. …well, have a good’n folks!
Why stop the blade at all? Just keep it going faster and faster spinning in a circle, something like this:
If it’s well designed, one. The whole point is they don’t mess up like a headsman. Additional materials are better spent on more guillotines.