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All Hell Breaks Loose as Trump Bends to Foreign Countries, Tech Oligarch Scheme Revealed

August 25, 2026·13 min·5-min readnarrativepolitics
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The episode sounds the alarm on the convergence of Trump’s declining political fortunes and the rising influence of billionaire tech oligarchs like Peter Thiel and Joe Lonsdale, who are leveraging Trump as a vehicle to undermine democracy and advance privatized, anti-democratic governance

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Donald TrumpPeter ThielJoe LonsdaleAaron ParnasGhislaine MaxwellJ.D. VancePatrick Friedman

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PalantirUSPS

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AuthoritarianismDemocracyElectionsInvestigative JournalismPolitical NewsUs Politics

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