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Senator Bernie Sanders has blasted Donald Trump ’s new Cabinet of ‘billionaires and millionaires’ - as the wealthiest 62 people on the planet own as much as half the world's population.

The new President of the USA's incoming administration is the wealthiest in history - with a combined net worth of more than $14billion and counting.

So far it's been revealed to be set to include the CEO of ExxonMobil, three former Goldman Sachs bankers and an ex-Bank of America executive.

Betsy DeVos alone - who will serve as Secretary for Education - has an estimated net worth of $5.1billion.

And, of course, it's presided over by real-estate businessman billionaire Trump himself.

The point Sanders was making is that he couldn't see how wealthy billionaires could 'stand up for working people' as Trump had pledged during his US Election campaign.

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Sanders - a former presidential candidate himself - said on Twitter: "If the cabinet Trump appointed of billionaires & millionaires is anti-establishment, I would hate to see what the establishment looks like.

"Incredibly, the wealthiest 62 people on the planet now own as much wealth as the bottom half of the world's population—3.7 billion people."

Sanders was referring to the shock revelation made by Oxfam back in January - reported by MirrorOnline at the time - that less than 100 people are richer than the poorest half in society.

At the time the UK-based charity was urging the Government here to ensure that more is done to ensure that the wealthiest companies pay their fair share - and tackle the widening poverty gap.

All 62 of the richest - whose combined wealth totals a staggering £1.23trillion, which is more than the 3.7bn poorest people in the world own - could fit on a London Routemaster bus.

And somewhat ironically the top 10 - worth £420billion combined - are all aged over 60 and would be entitled to ride for free.

The super-rich got richer by half a trillion dollars last year - but since 2010 the poorest half of the world got poorer by $1trillion (£700billion), a drop of 41%.

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The ex-Democratic presidential candidate - who lost his chance to go up against Trump after losing out to Hillary Clinton in the race to the White House - continued with the theme on a late night TV show in the US.

Sanders, 75, said: “[Trump] said, ‘We are going to be standing up for working people. We are anti-establishment.’

"Well, if the Cabinet he appointed of billionaires and millionaires is anti-establishment, boy, I would hate to see what the ‘establishment’ looks like."

Bernie Sanders' net worth is put at just over half a million dollars by Money Nation - 230 times smaller than the combined net worth of Bill and Hillary Clinton's $121million.