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Kiss the Ring

By
Brendan James

After months of denouncing Trump, the rich and powerful realize they could use some Donald in their life after all.

1. The Ricketts Family

Before

I hear the Rickets [sic] family, who own the Chicago Cubs, are secretly spending $’s against me. They better be careful, they have a lot to hide! — Trump, March 2016.

The Ricketts, led by patriarch Joe, founder of online trading hub TD Ameritrade, has long put their money to work in belt-tightening initiatives like “Ending Spending, Inc.” and massive donations to the Republican Party — the old version. In the primaries, Joe and his wife Marlene gave $5.5 million to the anti-Trump PAC Our Principles and earned themselves an angry Trump tweet.

After

Joe’s son Todd, co-owner of the Chicago Cubs and Gary Johnson donor, is now Trump’s deputy commerce secretary.

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