Closest aides hail from ranks of financial elite

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APRIL 2 2017 - 5:26AM
Matea Gold, Drew Harwell and Jenna Johnson

... Together, 27 White House officials had assets worth at least $US2.3 billion when they joined the administration, according to an analysis of their filings by the Washington Post.

The list of well-heeled White House officials includes a number of high-profile advisers, such as Trump's daughter, Ivanka, and son-in-law Jared Kushner, who have hundreds of millions of dollars in real estate holdings, as well as numerous middle- and lower-level staffers who populate the West Wing ...

http://www.smh.com.au/world/donald-trumps-closest-aides-hail-from-ranks-of-financial-elite-20170401-gvbp44.html

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1. 86 percent of Trump counties make less in a year

By Philip Bump
April 1 at 12:03 PM

... In 80 percent of the counties in America, every household combined earns less than $2.3 billion a year. In counties that voted for Donald Trump, that figure is higher: In 86 percent of Trump counties, the total amount of income earned in a year is less than $2.3 billion. (On average, it’s $2.1 billion, using 2011 to 2015 five-year estimates from the Census Bureau.) ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/04/01/86-percent-of-trump-counties-make-less-in-a-year-than-27-trump-staffers-are-worth/?utm_term=.4f57fef9df4c