"20 out of 23" of Trump's Cabinet Boot Lickers "have offered substantial financial gifts to the president."

[Miles Archer]

The Swamp, The Daily Beast's Substack, reported that out of Trump's 23 Cabinet members, 20 have offered substantial financial gifts to the president.

"Donald Trump has another good reason to keep praising his Cabinet members as they continue their relentless sucking up through his second term — they are putting their money where their mouths are by lining the president's pockets," according to The Swamp.

Citizens for Ethics, a nonpartisan nonprofit government watchdog organization, cited that Trump has received at least $30 million total in donations since 2023, which include political contributions, stock holdings and property visits.

Among the Cabinet members who have donated, these Trump administration officials have either made direct donations or financial gifts via committees they oversee. The known donors, according to Citizens for Ethics, include the following: Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, outgoing Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Education Secretary Linda McMahon, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, US Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin, Small Business Administration Administrator Kelly Loeffler and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-cabinet-2676612713/

[Irish_Dem]

1. It is all pay for play.

Nobody gets anything from Trump unless they pay large sums of money.

[Miles Archer]

2. And, he has the shortest of "short memories."

He's the poster child for "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY?"

He'll take that cool million-plus from anyone, and the next day, he'll stab 'em in the back if it suits him.

[Irish_Dem]

5. In face it guarantees he will stab them in the back.

He does not respect them and will make sure they know their place. They don’t own him no matter how much they pay him.

[Whip-poor-will]

3. Kissing ass

It used to be called Paying tribute

[enough]

4. Explains a lot. A simple answer to the question of why these individuals have these jobs.

[progressoid]

6. Credit to The Swamp

https://theswamp.substack.com/p/today-in-the-swamp-tuesday-march-8dc



Donald Trump has another good reason to keep praising his Cabinet members as they continue their relentless sucking up through his second term—they are putting their money where their mouths are by lining the president's pockets. An astonishing 20 out of 23 of his Cabinet members have donated big checks to Trump's campaign, The Swamp has discovered. Former WWE wrestling boss Linda McMahon is the biggest donor with $20 million, and Trump’s New York pal Howard Lutnick has given $10 million. Perhaps the Cabinet runs on a sliding scale—the less they give, the more they need to grovel.

[Kid Berwyn]

7. He's his own charity.

"Tax deductible. Believe me."

[ultralite001]

8. The three cabinet members who did not make known financial contributions to Trump's political or personal interests are:

1. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
No reported "political donations, property visits, or financial ties to Trump’s businesses or campaigns".

2. Attorney General Pam Bondi
While Bondi held stock in Trump Media & Technology Group, she was "required to sell it upon confirmation."
Bondi has not make direct political donations. Her financial ties were through stock ownership, not campaign
contributions.

3. Health + Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr
No "known political donations or financial gifts to Trump-aligned groups," despite attending events at Trump properties.

Go figure...

Dig deeper...

[Ilsa]

9. Did someone start a thread last night on the govt overpayment

for warehouses in Georgia and Utah? Not by a little, but three, four, or five times as much, Paying $125mil for a $30 mil facility, etc. Rachel Maddow covered it last night.

Krasnov & his henchmen are giving away our money to millionaires, corporations, defense contractors, etc.

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

10. $143 million for the Roxbury NJ warehouse!

Similarly only worth around $30 million (maybe-it’s been vacant since it was built) and it gets purchased for an obscene amount from Dolfen Industries of Texas. Somebody needs to do a little more digging on this.

[Ilsa]

11. I found Dalfen Industrial.

Dalfen Industrial is one of the nation’s largest buyers of industrial real estate with a strategic focus on last mile properties in the nation’s top markets, close to consumers and strategically located to meet the growing e-commerce and logistics demand. As a hands-on real estate investment manager, our experienced team of real estate experts acquires, develops and manages millions of square feet of premier commercial properties out of our nine North American offices.
https://www.dalfen.com/about-us/
CEO Sean Dalfen
Pages of properties: https://www.dalfen.com/properties-overview/?paged=2&sort=all

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. Trump stuns with admission he surrounds himself with 'losers': 'That explains the Cabinet'

I remain shocked that most of the members of trump's cabinet were confirmed. trump's cabinet is full of incompetent idiots who would never be hired by a sane and intelligent president. trump appointed these idiots because they are losers and the GOP senate confirmed these idiots.

Trump stuns with admission he surrounds himself with 'losers': 'That explains the Cabinet'

— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-03-28T14:33:15.856Z

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-losers

President Donald Trump made a wildly condescending admission about the sort of people he likes to surround himself with during an event in Miami shortly after the signing of his executive order to move money around to pay Transportation Security Administration officials in the absence of a congressional deal to reopen the Department of Homeland Security.

"I hang out with losers because it makes be feel better," said Trump. "I hate guys that are very, very successful and you have to listen to their success stories. I like people that like to listen to my success."

This admission caused an eruption from commenters on social media.

"A better explanation of his two administrations than any idea that any pundit has come up with," wrote financial columnist Heidi Moore.

"The only moment of self-awareness in Trump’s life," wrote podcaster and former Barack Obama strategist Dan Pfeiffer.

"Well, that explains the Cabinet!" said writer and political commentator Robert A. George.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

13. trump likes to hang round losers