vincent viola, he pull out. the nominee for labor secretary, he pulled out. the nominee for navy secretary. he pulled out. anthony was going to be head of the office of public liaison. then nope. jason miller was going to be white house communications director. then nope. the nominee for deputy secretary of commerce, todd rickets. he where do you his name last week. monica crowley was going to be national security advisor. then nope. another person from fox news, mcfar land, she did get to be security advisor for a while but she s soon to be out now as well. white house chief digit adviser, hello, we barely knew you. bye bye. boris, i have to say it has been a secret delight to me that the white house has had on the communications staff, a russian guy named boris during this whole controversy over the trump campaign s russia connections but boris they let go last month.
not. they re a nay know ally. let me ask you something else. ethics, you are the ranking member there on the committee about ethics. what do you make of the criticism that people knew who trump was and what he was about. the same goes for his kids. he wound up winning the election. it s been all smoke. there is no fire. leave him alone about the conflicts. it s interesting that you ask that question today when just yesterday, i think, todd rickets withdrew his name for consideration to be a deputy commerce secretary because he wanted to avoid the appearance of conflict. this president has gone well beyond appearance. it is true. people had some idea that the president was a businessman, but nobody expected when he took office he was going to continue that business. no one could have imagined. he says he has taken the necessary steps. you do not believe that. well, i don t believe it because it s not true.
and donald trump is filling out his administration with candidates who are a lot like him rich. you want people who have been successful. you want people who have done this. the newest addition, vincent viola. the pick for secretary of army is worth an estimated $1.8 billion. army vet and owner of the florida panthers hockey team. he made his fortune on wall street. wilber ross is reportedly worth $2.5 billion. he s an investor who made his money specializing in bankruptcies. ross is an avid art cons connoisseur with an collection worth a reported $150 million. and todd rickets also headed to the cabinet. founder of td ameritrade and part of the world series chicago cubs. trump s pick to run the department of education. betty devos married into the family that founded amway. the father-in-law and family are
todd rickets. only $40 million? and he got into the cabinet. i m quite shocked at poor people being able to get into the cabinet. it s pretty remarkable. i mean, this is pretty unprecedented, this plutocratic titans being named to these positions. what s more we re in trump world right now. what you said during the campaign. you said that we are going to not cut social security, medicare and medicaid. and then you appoint the congressman price the head of hhs, who has made his life s work cutting medicare. you re going to be tough on wall street, then you appoint a wall
i m not going to let wall street get away with murder. they ve caused tremendous problems for us. we re going to tax wall street, we re going to get rid of certain things they should have. i ve been talking about it very strongly. certain things they want, and they want them badly, it s not fair to give it to them. candidate trump criticized wall street. but president-elect trump just picked a wall street executive for one of the most powerful positions in his cabinet. he spent 17 years at goldman sachs. senator bernie sanders had plenty to say about that, when i had the chance to ask him about trump s cabinet picks. senator, we re starting to see the cabinet come together, and you have betsy davos, who s worth about $5 billion. wilbur ross, worth about $3 billion. todd rickets.