I didn't know much about JD Vance before Trump picked him as VP, aside from the fact that my dad thought his personal struggle was uplifting.
And while he may have overcame a lot of hardships, as the San Francisco Standard points out - his career seems to be almost entirely fostered by Peter Thiel and other Big Tech cronies.
As Trump has shown recently, he's willing to sell out his red-cap 'principles' to the highest bidder. In the case of immigration, it's Big Tech.
And likewise, Thiel and Big Tech want Vance apparently so they'll buy Trump off in that same way.
That’s because Vance isn’t just a friend of Silicon Valley’s worst billionaires; he is their creation. Peter Thiel, the billionaire tech investor turned digital defense contractor, enabled his entire political career.
It was Thiel who, in 2017, hired Vance to work at his Mithril Capital firm (Mithril is a metal featured in “The Hobbit”) and later invested heavily in Vance’s fund Narya Capital (Narya is a ring in “The Lord of the Rings”). Thiel then donated more than $15 million to Vance’s Senate campaign and personally escorted Vance to Mar-a-Lago to patch over his former “Never Trump” stance.
Before Thiel announced that he was taking a break from democracy, he introduced Vance to David Sacks, his old PayPal Mafia colleague. Sacks promptly donated $1 million to a pro-Vance Super PAC and hosted a fundraiser for him. Sacks and Vance later worked together to organize Trump’s only San Francisco campaign fundraising event, aimed at nudging the candidate to further embrace and deregulate cryptocurrency. Thiel has reportedly made more than $1.8 billion from Bitcoin and other currencies.
Of course, this wouldn’t be the first time Thiel and his cronies have tried to buy an outsize role in Trump’s legislative agenda. After all, it was Thiel who rescued Trump’s 2016 campaign with a $1.25 million donation a week after the “Access Hollywood” tape, in the apparent hope of gaining influence in a future administration.
Trump stands for nothing but a desire for power. He'll sell America out any semblance of American geopolitical interests in the Middle East, by deferring to the judgment of the pro-Israel lobby and the Adelsons family. And now, he'll do whatever Big Tech wants him to do, including pick his VP, all so he can get back into power.
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