The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. December 22, 2016 Donald Trump Taps Billionaire Corporate Raider as Regulatory Adviser -------------------------------------------------------------------- Meanwhile, Trump has named billionaire corporate raider Carl Icahn as a special adviser on regulatory reform. The 80-year-old Icahn is the 50th richest man in the world. Beginning in 1985, he took over the airline TWA and systematically stripped it of its assets. .