The ruling class isn't a monolith (see the linked study), but the consensus is yes: https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/biggest-donors https://www.o

The ruling class isn't a monolith (see the linked study), but the consensus is yes: https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/biggest-donors https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/biggest-donor... https://americansfortaxfairness.org/billionaire-clans-spend-nearly-2-billion-2024-elections/ https://americansfortaxfairness.org/billionaire-clans-spend-... The ruling class used its propaganda arm to manufacture consent for "I don't like him as a person, but he's good for the economy". I imagine this also represents many of their own views on Trump: what they appear to support is not necessarily what they support. That is, they might very publicly and loudly say they don't like him, but they love to see their decreased tax payment come tax season. None of this is ideologically binary though. The ruling class is going to support whatever it thinks will allow it to continue to be the ruling class. They're not always in 100% agreement on what that is (or, at least, they want to have that appearance). If they aren't careful (and they haven't been as of late) and continue to whittle away at the populace's material conditions, it will lead to more violence, and possibly violent revolution.