Trump Cabinet finances offer window into lucrative political moneymaking - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : And Lee Zeldin, named to lead the Environmental Protection Agency and a former congressman, made $144,999 from America First Works, the political advocacy arm of the think tank, which shares financial resources with the group.
55% : Tax documents from AFPI show he was paid $237,950 in 2023.
50% : Both are former Democrats who increasingly embraced conservative world views and endorsed Trump this summer, joining his transition team.
47% : Trump has also nominated others from the group for non-Cabinet positions.
43% : Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth made the most, netting $900,000 for speaking engagements in 2023 and 2024 in addition to his $4.6 million salary from Fox News.
36% : Kennedy, who waged his own presidential campaign before teaming up with Trump, earned $100,000 a piece for two speeches days after Trump's victory, to a group of entrepreneurs called the Genius Network and a gathering of MAGA donors.

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