Looking Back at David Rockefeller’s Key Role in Building the ‘Deep State’

‘David Rockefeller was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and he died on March 20, at the age of 101, with a gold one.
A grandson of robber baron John D. Rockefeller, David grew up in a family mansion in midtown Manhattan that was the tallest private home ever built in New York City. He went on to become chairman and CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank, and one of the most influential plutocrats in the United States — with the help of an enormous inherited fortune. Just a few months before his death, David Rockefeller’s net worth was estimated at a staggering $3.3 billion.
Over a span of more than five decades, every U.S. president since Dwight Eisenhower met with Rockefeller to seek his advice and support. Richard Nixon twice asked him to be his secretary of the treasury.’
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