U.S. Billionaires Got $1 Trillion Richer During Trump’s Term
- The country’s top 50 billionaires collected 80% of that gain
- Some of the President’s biggest critics gained the most
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The numbers don’t lie: We are living in the Billionaire Age.
Four years ago, America elected its first billionaire president. Since then, the nation’s 200-or-so wealthiest people -- a cohort representing 0.00006% of the population -- have increased their combined wealth by a staggering $1 trillion.