What would you say if someone called you an oligarch?
How would how would you feel about that?
Do you think I say thank you?
I grew up on the I grew up in Harlem and And I worked very hard.
I worked seven days a week 70 hours 80 hours a week the last 50 years I deserve it This is Beth Reinhart,
an investigative political reporter at The Post, speaking with John Katsumatitis.
Katsumatitis is a billionaire who made his fortune in oil and real estate,
and last year he donated $2.4 million to help elect Donald Trump and other Republicans.
Beth's asking him how he'd respond to someone calling him an oligarch
because for months she's been reporting on how the ultra-rich,
like him, are donating record amounts to politics.
Some, especially on the left, argue that it's moving American democracy closer to an oligarchy.
We tend to think of oligarchy, tend to associate it with countries like Russia,
where you have a small group of very rich, corrupt politicians running the show.
But I wanted to ask a billionaire, what does he make of that?
I want you to understand that.
It's different.
He said he's proud of the wealth that he's earned.
It isn't as if I made a deal with some crooked guy.
An older guy is making a deal with a crooked guy to become a crook in...