Donald Trump says he doesn't want a 'poor person' in cabinet roles

US president Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in which he defended the wealth of his cabinet picks. Photograph: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images

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.’”

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