President Donald Trump’s rise is not an anomaly – he is the product of forces set in motion 50 years ago, driven by massive deregulation and key Supreme Court decisions that dismantled a century of safeguards against corporate political spending,

Opinions and thoughts are the author’s own and not those of AFROTECH™. “Oligarchy” is the word that has been spread across the internet and used to describe what has been observed during Donald Trump’s inauguration.

At President Trump's inauguration, three of the wealthiest people sat front-row. Days prior, former President Biden warned of an oligarchy forming.

The super-rich have long played a role in U.S. politics but have an unusually prominent spot in incoming President Donald Trump’s new administration

Klee’s “Angelus Novus” is used by Benjamin, who at the time was fleeing from the gestapo, as a metaphor for the illusion behind the capitalist idea of progress. In the end, like this notion of progress, Trump’s pursuit of a “Golden Age” can only lead to disaster and ruin, to catastrophe for the U.S. and the rest of the world.

Donald Trump was sworn in Monday as the 47th president of the United States with some of the richest people on the planet standing close behind him on the inaugural platform—a symbol of what observers described as the nation's slide toward oligarchy.

Mr Trump is more transactional than presidents before him, which increases the risk of cronyism and self-dealing. But America’s economy, including its technology industry, is too unwieldy and dynamic to petrify into an actual oligarchy, whatever diplomats and departing presidents say. ■

For decades the powerful have produced discord, distrust and failures both at home and abroad.

"Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth ... Biden's remarks came as President-elect Donald Trump has strengthened his ties with Big Tech executives such as Elon Musk, co-chair of his outside-government commission to recommend ...

“When I started talking about Oligarchy, many people didn’t understand ... defence industry and the US government. It is only Donald Trump’s first day back in office as US president, but ...

Several of the tech moguls also joined a small prayer service this morning at St. John’s Episcopal Church. Later, they blended in with the Trump clan directly behind the incoming president as he officially assumed power just after noon,

President Joe Biden warned Americans of an "oligarchy" on the rise just five days before President-elect Donald Trump returns to the office.