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Joni Askola

@joni_askola

Oct 25, 2024 • 11 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X

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1/11 Meet Trump's shadow government: a group of South African oligarchs who admire Vladimir Putin and have a deep dislike for democracy, looking to seize power behind the scenes

2/11 A group of South African oligarchs is attempting to seize power in the United States by backing a candidate who is elderly, compromised, and easily swayed: Donald Trump. They also happen to own his VP candidate JD Vance.

3/11 This group of friends cannot become President themselves because they were not born in the US, so they opted to gain power indirectly by backing Donald Trump and owning his VP candidate.

4/11 This group consists of Silicon Valley billionaires who have some ties to South Africa, either by being from there (like Musk and Sacks) or having been raised there and in Namibia (like Thiel).

5/11 Peter Thiel is the brain behind this operation. He is the driving force behind JD Vance and Vivek Ramaswamy, and he is by far the most secretive of the trio. He harbors a disdain for democracy and seeks to amass as much power as he can.

6/11 Elon Musk provides the money and the influence. He acquired Twitter to maximize his reach for disseminating disinformation and supporting Trump’s election.

7/11 David Sacks is a South African businessman known for his pro-russian views and other misguided political opinions. The least significant of the trio, he handles the dirty work and openly shares his controversial beliefs, competing with Musk for the title of dumbest of the 3

8/11 This group is rooted in the PayPal Mafia but likely also includes additional members. They act on behalf of russia and china, with Musk maintaining discreet contact with Putin, as does their candidate, Donald Trump.

9/11 These individuals are essentially working to transform the United States into a failed and corrupt developing nation similar to 1990s russia, where oligarchs hold the power to make decisions.

10/11 The only way to stop these individuals from becoming the shadow government of the United States is for Americans to vote for Kamala Harris and ensure these South African oligarchs are kept away from positions of power.

11/11 Source:
Financial Times - Why techies are going for Trump

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Feb 2

1/11 The war is far from over, but Ukraine is still winning.

Here is how we can make sure that it defeats Russia 🧵

2/11 Russia’s 2022 invasion is a genocide.

They use genocidal rhetoric to justify erasing Ukraine's identity. They kidnap children and commit daily war crimes to punish civilians for simply refusing to be Russian.

This is a systematic attempt to destroy a nation

3/11 The human cost is massive.

In Mariupol, the death toll in 3 months potentially exceeded the total deaths in Gaza throughout the entire war, despite a much smaller population.

People underestimate this scale and don't see that Russia is committing genocide in Europe

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Joni Askola

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Jan 23

1/12 “Value-Based Realism” was a major theme at Davos.

It is being sold by Stubb and Carney as a smart, pragmatic path for the West, but I think it is a strategic trap.

Here is why this new realism might actually lead to managed decline 🧵

2/12 The concept is the latest intellectual fashion.

@alexstubb and @MarkJCarney are pushing it as the ultimate manual for "middle powers" like Canada, the UK, and the EU.

It sounds sophisticated to be principled yet pragmatic, but we need to look a bit closer

3/12 The logic is simple: stop waiting for a perfect world and deal with the brutal one we have.

It is an honest description of how we behave right now, post-Biden.

That is exactly the problem.

It takes our current failure of will and rebrands it as a high-level strategy

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Jan 21

1/5 Europe needs a reality check.

The strategies that worked during Trump's first term are useless now.

We tried playing nice, and it failed.

It is high time to stop the appeasement and start facing reality

2/5 The time for Europeans to appease Trump is over.

We have spent the last year watching our tactics from "Trump 1" fail miserably in "Trump 2."

Flattery and silence do not work anymore.

He sees them as weakness, not respect

3/5 Trump lives in a bubble of total confirmation.

He is surrounded by sycophants who are too afraid to tell him the truth or challenge his worst impulses.

Because no one in his inner circle dares to confront him, he believes he can bully Europe without consequence

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Joni Askola

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Jan 20

1/8 Europe is sleepwalking into a forever war because we are too afraid to actually win.

We need to stop managing the conflict and start ending it.

Here is how 🧵

2/8 Europe has the power to end the war in Ukraine much faster but it requires a total shift in strategy.

We need to stop managing the conflict and start winning it.

Here is the roadmap to force a Russian collapse👇

3/8 We must help Ukraine scale its domestic defense industry in every possible way.

This means direct funding and technical advice.

A Ukraine that can build its own weapons is a Ukraine that can sustain the fight without relying solely on foreign logistics

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Joni Askola

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Jan 15

1/7 Trump is no isolationist:

He is a show interventionist, a cowardly form of imperialist interventionism that is also meant to entertain the world

2/7 Trump's entire campaign was built on the lie that he would end wars and stop regime change operations.

It has been a year since he promised to end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours and the fighting continues

3/7 While he appointed isolationists to his administration, his actions tell a different story.

He claims to have ended eight wars but he hasn't ended any. In reality it looks more likely that he will start eight new ones before his term is over

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Jan 13

1/8 Why JD Vance is a greater threat to the American experiment than Donald Trump.

A thread on the Dark Enlightenment, eyeliner, and the end of the West🧵

2/8 Trump may be the worst and most traitorous president in US history, but JD Vance is a far more calculated threat.

Trump is erratic. Vance is a disciplined, smart, and well-organized opportunist ready to dismantle democracy with precision

3/8 The PayPal Mafia has one foot in the White House door by installing Vance. Tech oligarch Peter Thiel effectively owns him.

Their goal is clear: move Vance into the presidency to serve their personal interests and finish the job

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