Sanders then said that the three wealthiest men in the United States, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg had sat behind the president at his inauguration, adding that their wealth has increased by $233 billion since Trump won the 2024 presidential election.

The independent senator said there's a "small number of very wealthy people controlling what we see, hear and read" that "have kind of caved in to Trump."

The 83-year-old senator from Vermont has filed with the FEC to run for his seat again in 2030, after winning reelection in 2024.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is drawing the ire of many on the left after the progressive politician voted to confirm Marco Rubio as Secretary of State. The unanimous vote, 99-0, handed President Donald Trump his first confirmed Cabinet member on the same day as his inauguration.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, who was just sworn in for his fourth six-year term, appears to be gearing up for a 2030 reelection bid. Sanders, an independent, filed candidacy papers for the 2030 election with the Federal Election Commission on Monday, according to the agency's website.

Jan. 19, 2025, Bernie Sanders criticized Elon Musk's vision of a "super high IQ" aristocracy, warning against power concentration among elites and calling for technology to benefit everyone.

"Do you think that when so few people have so much wealth and so much economic and political power, that is an oligarchic form of society?"

That long list of scandals made Trump’s second White House win confounding to many progressives. But not Bernie Sanders: “It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them,” the independent, left-wing senator from Vermont wrote on Nov. 6.

The image of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) sitting at President Joe Biden’s inauguration in 2021 is iconic and a favorite among the internet memesters.

President Donald Trump’s inaugural address has drawn sharp criticism for failing to address the pressing concerns of working families in the United States. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued a pointed response, highlighting omissions in the president’s speech that he says are critical to the lives of millions of Americans.

In a new video posted to social media, Senator Bernie Sanders went scorched earth on Trump over his inaugural address.