Trump on Picking Billionaires: I Don’t Want a Poor Person in Charge of the Economy

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
TRUMP: "Unemployment is at a 16 year low and manufacturing is doing phenomenally. We have companies moving back. They’re coming back, back, back. In the state of Michigan, which has just been an exit pool where car companies have left, I tell them, you know what? You want to start leaving and fire all these people? Watch what we are going to be doing. We have the legendary Wall Street genius, Wilbur Ross, he is here. Gary Cohn, the president of Goldman Sachs. He had to pay over $200 million in taxes to take the job. Right? Someone said why did you appoint a rich person? To be in charge of the economy? I said — no, it’s true. Wilbur is a very rich person in charge of commerce. Because, that’s the kind of thinking we want. Really, they are representing the country. They don’t want the money. They are representing the country. They had to give up a lot to take these jobs. They gave up a lot. You get the president — the president of Goldman Sachs. Smart. Having him represent us. He went from massive paydays to peanuts. I’m waiting for them to accuse him of wanting that little amount of money. These are people that are great, brilliant business minds. That’s what we need. That’s what we have to have. So the world doesn’t take advantage. We can’t have the world taking advantage of us anymore. I love all people. It rich or poor. But in those particular positions, I just don’t want a poor person, does that make sense? Does that make sense? If you insist, I will do it. But I like it better this way."