Senator James D Vance (R-OH) has been selected as his party’s vice presidential candidate. Vance has served as a senator for a whole 2 years. His selection as Donald Trump’s running mate is a nice early birthday gift; he will be 40 this Aug 2. Although initially opposed to Trump’s presidency in 2016, since being in the Senate he has earned a reputation as a MAGA firebrand and Trump supporter (Associated Press).
Trump receives large donations from tech billionaires like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel. His tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy are very popular in Silicon Valley (The Guardian), just like Trickle Down Economics was during the Reagan administration. Trump is like a Neo Con with a MAGA hat (Investopedia).
“President Joe Biden on March 11 sent Congress a fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget that proposes to increase taxes by nearly $5 trillion for corporations and for individuals with incomes above $400,000. Many of the president’s tax proposals — including a proposal to increase the corporate tax rate to 28% and impose a 25% minimum tax on certain high-income individuals – were included in President Biden’s previous budgets” (PWC.com)
Hmmm…
Vance’s meteoric rise to the top of the Republican party has been largely financed by his boss, friend and mentor Peter Thiel. Thiel was one of the co-founders of PayPal, Palantir Technologies and the Founders Fund. He is worth approximately $11B (The Guardian). Thiel donated $15M to help Vance win his seat in the Senate. David Sacks, another founder of PayPal donated $1M to Vance’s super PAC (CBSNews).
“In 1995, (Peter) Thiel and David O. Sacks published The Diversity Myth, a book that criticized political correctness and multiculturalism in higher education. The following year, writing for Stanford Magazine, they argued against affirmative action in the United States, saying that it had hurt, not helped, the ‘disadvantaged’ and had led to increased segregation at Stanford University in the name of ‘diversity‘” – Wikipedia
Vance opposes US support of Ukraine’s fight against Vlad Putin’s imperialist ambitions.
The dragon on the left has been sounding off about President Joe Biden’s performance at the debate with Trump. There has been almost no note of the stream of bare faced lies spewed by Trump or the fact Biden’s responses were spot on. That Biden was frustrated during the debate is understandable considering Trump was able to keep a straight face while feeding people verbal garbage. Did you know Biden has had a lifelong stuttering problem? You can read about this at Nieman Reports.
That ability to lie gives Trump value to the giants and that is why they want to assign him to a new mission for the next lifetime. They believe he won’t beat Biden and they can make some points with some very wealthy people by changing the game. Wealthy people are their secret to making it each lifetime. These people don’t know why they help them; but we do. If Crooks would have succeeded on Saturday 13th, the election banners would read Biden vs Vance for the office of President. What’s really going to twist your noodle is the giants’ bosses are Marxists.
Related; Case Study 76