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Joni Askola

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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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1/6 Will Orbán's defeat stop the rise of illiberalism in the West?

His fall is a massive geopolitical earthquake, but to understand its true global impact, we have to look at why he actually lost

2/6 Orbán did not lose because of his pro-Russian, treasonous stances.

He lost mostly because his domestic agenda completely failed.

Hungarians simply had enough of low economic growth, high inflation, and constant lies.

He promised a lot and failed to deliver

3/6 Even his signature social programs failed.

His highly publicized, expensive birth rate policies were a total failure.

He built a regime on the promise of national greatness, but regular citizens were left paying the price for his economic ruin

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Apr 9

1/8 The US is facing a strategic defeat in Iran despite "winning" militarily.

Terrible planning and a complete mismatch between military action and strategic goals led to this outcome, but the war may not be over.

A thread on where things actually stand 🧵

2/8 Trump's planning was horrible.

The war started two months too late to help the Iranian people.

He had no troops ready to be deployed on the ground.

What did he think he would accomplish with just a bombing campaign?

3/8 You cannot win this kind of war and cause a real regime change without boots on the ground or without actively helping Iran's opposition.

Instead, we saw extremely inconsistent messaging from the administration.

Bombing alone was never going to bring down the regime

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Apr 1

1/6 Look at the absolute disaster unfolding right now, and remember exactly who told you to vote for Trump in 2024.

The people who sold you this catastrophe should be discredited forever, and you should never listen to their political advice again🧵

2/6 Remember the tech oligarchs who threw their billions behind him.

Musk, Sacks, Andreessen, and Thiel used their massive wealth, influence, and/or platforms to push this disaster on the public.

They only cared about their own power, ignoring the cost to regular people

3/6 Do not forget the podcasters and influencers who laundered his campaign.

Joe Rogan, Tucker Carlson, Paul brothers, Bradley Martyn, Dave Smith, and others relentlessly promoted him to massive audiences, trading the country's stability for engagement metrics and access

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Apr 1

1/8 Russia is still losing the unprovoked war it started in Ukraine, and not even Trump can save them.

If you are talking to people who do not understand that, here are the key facts you need to remind them of🧵

2/8 Fact 1:

After over 4 years of full-scale war, Russia controls 0/23 regional capitals or special status cities Ukraine held at the start.

They took Kherson and lost it.

This 0/23 reality is a massive failure that Russia desperately tries to hide

3/8 Fact 2:

Russia currently holds around 20% of Ukrainian land, which is less than it did at its peak in March 2022 when it controlled almost 30%.

Controlling less land 4 years into an invasion than 1 month into it is a huge failure that Russia tries to hide

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Joni Askola

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Mar 21

1/5 Wild paradox:

Iran’s military has been incredibly unimpressive in this war, but it still managed to back Trump into a corner and keep the regime alive.

The war is existential for Iran, not the US, and when you combine this with Trump’s horrible planning, you get a disaster

2/5 Usually an underdog has to pull off a massive military upset to corner a superpower, as we have seen in places like Ukraine. That is not happening here.

Iran is failing militarily. They have lost almost every single ”battle,” yet they are still ”beating” the US

3/5 The reason is simple:

Tactical victories mean little when the enemy is fighting for survival and you aren't ready to go as far.

For Tehran, this fight is existential. For the US, it is not

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Mar 20

1/6 Time for some introspection?

Tech oligarchs have made themselves universally hated simply by revealing who they truly are and how little self-awareness they possess.

They are, actually, the best argument against themselves

2/6 Some have crossed the line from opportunistic greed into neoreactionary extremism, with figures like Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen leading the charge.

They insulate themselves from reality, and their absolute lack of self-awareness makes them dangerous

3/6 Andreessen recently gave an interview proudly admitting to having zero introspection.

We see the consequences of this daily.

When people wielding immense power refuse to ever look inward or question their motives, disaster inevitably follows

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