Timothy Mellon, the reclusive heir to a Gilded Age fortune, has poured over $165 million into the 2024 election so far, with tens of millions backing both Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Almost exclusively, in fact. We mostly don’t hear anything about it unless they star on a reality TV show, though, for two reasons:
most media is owned by people they play golf with
“rich person does nothing of value” isn’t a great headline. Hell, generalize it to the absolutely factual “most rich people do nothing of value” and both Forbes and Fortune will probably sue you 🤷
Almost exclusively, in fact. We mostly don’t hear anything about it unless they star on a reality TV show, though, for two reasons:
most media is owned by people they play golf with
“rich person does nothing of value” isn’t a great headline. Hell, generalize it to the absolutely factual “most rich people do nothing of value” and both Forbes and Fortune will probably sue you 🤷