General Discussion

genus, or phylum. He may be the first of his species and hopefully the last. That is how I see him.

There is not a group to which he actually belongs. He has money because he is a criminal. He is surrounded by other people with money of many different stripes only because they are transactional with each other.

He is able to engage in all the destruction and vile behavior because he lacks key integral human traits. He is completely lacking in morality and empathy. He is a deranged narcissistic sociopath, He is violent and sadistic. AND he is emotionally underdeveloped. AND most importantly he has never had any constraints on his behavior. A bunch of variables came together to create a unique Frankenstein's monster.

He is lacking in ALL social graces and decorum. He doesn't fit into a group. Being such a social and moral outcast has exacerbated the rest of his vile and destructive tendencies.

Even gangsters have some kind of "code" of behavior. The Grifter has no code.

He does not represent a "class" of other people. He happens to have money because of the legacy of criminality in his family, and his boundless and innate ability to grift. He has power because of the people who promoted the narcissistic evil that is him, such as Mark Burnett at NBC. The Grifter is not normal. He is a freak of nature. He does not belong anywhere. He does not belong to the elite classes, as you refer to them.

Meanwhile, I feel I need to point out that not all (or a majority of) people of the elite classes, as you refer to them, have hatred or disdain for the working class. That is an "us and them" myth.