Trump says he doesn't want a 'poor person' in cabinet roles
President tells crowd during Iowa tour that economic adviser and commerce secretary had to give up a lot to work for him Donald Trump has said he doesn�t want �a poor person� to hold economic roles in his administration as he used an Iowa rally to defend his decision to appoint the wealthy to his cabinet. The US president told a crowd on Wednesday night: �Somebody said why did you appoint a rich person to be in charge of the economy? No it�s true. And Wilbur�s [commerce secretary Wilbur Ross] a very rich person in charge of commerce. I said: �Because that�s the kind of thinking we want.�� The president explained that Ross and his economic adviser Gary Cohn �had to give up a lot to take these jobs� and that Cohn in particular, a former president of Goldman Sachs, �went from massive pay days to peanuts�. Trump added: �And I love all people, rich or poor, but in those particular positions I just don�t want a poor person. Does that make sense?� He made the comments as he toured the state w...