The president also acknowledged and celebrated recent Republican victories in special elections in both SC and Georgia.
President Donald Trump says he prefers to put rich people in charge of the economy because they would not be after the nation's wealth.
It was an unscripted peek into Trump-brand populism: rich people should be seen as smart, Wall Street insiders should be seen as capable, Goldman Sachs must be synonymous with expertise, and it's best to be skeptical of poor people.
Trump also threw in one last jab at Ossoff and the Democrats.
And he was set to visit Iowa in the evening - touring a community college agriculture program and holding a campaign-style rally.
The latest polling shows Trump teetering on the edge of that base of support, with just 36% of Americans approving of his job as president, according to a CBS News poll released Monday.
Trump's tour comes during the investigation into Russian interference the election and Trump's firing of FBI director, James Comey. In December, he defended his hiring practices by saying in an Iowa "thank you" speech, "I want people that made a fortune".
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Self-identified independents in Iowa voted for Trump over Democrat Hillary Clinton by a 13-percentage-point margin previous year, according to exit polls conducted for The Associated Press and television networks.
The Republican win in Georgia may indeed embolden the party to press ahead with Mr Trump's political agenda, notably reform of Mr Barack Obama's healthcare law and an overhaul of the tax code. And, he laughed, "add some money to it!"
President Donald Trump offered an explanation Wednesday for why he has one of the wealthiest Cabinets in history. Among the machines he saw was a "combine simulator" - a virtual way to practice using a combine. "And Wilbur's a very rich person in charge of commerce", he said during the rally.
"I love all people - rich or poor - but in those particular positions, I just don't want a poor person", he said at a rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Does that make sense?
"Thank you @FoxNews "Huge win for President Trump and GOP in Georgia Congressional Special Election", Trump tweeted after the race was called".
And in South Carolina, Republican Ralph Norman won Tuesday's special election in that state's 5th Congressional District, defeating Democrat Archie Parnell with 51 percent of the vote.
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