Could Trump and his billionaire buddies turn America into an oligarchy? – MSNBC News

This is an adapted excerpt from the Nov. 17 episode of “Velshi.”
In 1985, a young White House lawyer by the name of John Roberts issued a prescient warning. In a memo on the Reagan-era Grace Commission, which sought to reduce waste in government spending, Roberts cautioned against allowing private-sector CEOs to oversee the very agencies that regulate their businesses, calling it a “disaster” because of the inherent conflicts of interest. Decades later, that young lawyer now sits at the […]
Could Trump and his billionaire buddies turn America into an oligarchy? – MSNBC News