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Wealth of the World’s Billionaires Has More Than Doubled Over the Past Decade (truthout.org)
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[–] SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He has a $122 BILLION lead, and he's earned $133 BILLION over the past year.

His wealth has increased by 50% over the past year alone

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

And $104B out of the $133B was made just since the election.

[–] SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Shit really? Well I guess we can expect it to keep going up

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago

Not just him. Trump has the most billionaire-packed administration in history, and they are all about to see huge gains.