NPR. The way things are going, it's looking likely that President-elect Trump's incoming cabinet and staff will quite literally be run by billionaires.

Okay, not only billionaires, but way more billionaires than your typical presidential

administration.

We don't have time to go through all of Trump's nominees, but here's some of those reported

billionaires, hedge fund CEO Scott Bessent for Treasury Secretary.

Howard Lutnik, CEO of a financial services firm

for Commerce Secretary. Linda McMahon, former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment for Education

Secretary. And then there's Vivek Ramoswamy, pharmaceutical billionaire who's been

tapped to co-lead the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, along, of course, with the

world's richest man, the billionaire of

billionaires, Elon Musk. Again, this is just a partial list of Trump's billionaire nominees

and appointments, and we haven't even gotten to the millionaires. Now, estimates are that the total

combined wealth of Trump's picks for his cabinet and administration would be upwards of $300 billion.

And granted, the rich and well-connected have always had a leg up in politics and government.

But if Trump's picks are confirmed, the amount of personal wealth held by top government

officials would be unprecedented.

This is the indicator from Planet Money. I'm Adrienne Ma.

And I'm Waylon Wong.

Today on the show, what does this influx of the Uber wealthy into high office mean for the country?

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