What do the tech tycoons want in return for supporting Trump in the Election?
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It is completely understandable if, at first, the title of this article seems to not make sense. After all, Trump won! It's over! The Deep State is on the run, and the President-Elect is preparing to make America great again at this very moment.
Trump, and everything he has stood for over the better part of the last decade (even longer in many cases) is America First. Therefore, it logically follows that a Trump presidency will be exactly that. Right?
Judging on a surface level, I would agree. I have no doubt that Trump cares deeply about his nation and does indeed want to make America great! His positioning on illegal immigration and the cartels alone are such a massive step forward in the direction that Americans have been begging for for decades, and if he did nothing else aside from that, it would be well worth every vote cast for him.
And, of course, he is doing much more than that. The Kennedy "make America healthy again" movement is going to reshape (in some cases literally) the future of America.
But as any good intelligence analyst would say, the surface level hardly conveys the reality of any situation. In fact, if anything, it is little more than the national equivalent of the sales pitch or investor presentation portion of a business; hardly a full picture of the existence of the day-to-day realities of the situation.
Here are two examples of what I mean by this. On the surface level, the presentation of the war in Ukraine is a textbook standoff between the forces of freedom and democracy against an aggressive and oppressive dictator. If you ask any politician in Washington, or London, or Brussels, that is the story you will hear. Of course, as many are now aware (and Lindsey Graham recently spelled out), the reasons for and causes of the war and the public relations presentation of it are hardly aligned.
The second example is likely much more relatable to those of us not directly involved in politics; that is, to members of the average household. To the outside world, the presentation we give is often one that is carefully curated. We want those in our portion of the world to see us in certain ways. What goes on within our home and what the outside world sees are two very different things in much the same way as what is presented in media and politics – even (or maybe especially) in media pundits and political analysis – is exactly that, the carefully curated presentation of what they want the public to see.
We all know this at some level in regard to politics. We know there are some things that ought not be said out loud for the sake of national security, and then a host of other things that are hidden behind flowery or vague rhetoric to cover for special interests and personal or conspiratorial agendas at the highest levels.
Washington, like all centers of power, is and always will be some version of a swamp. It would be naive to think otherwise. As many have pointed out, even as the vote tallies came in on election night, any attempt to substantially shift that paradigm in favor of an America First, Christ-centered, return to America's roots would take far more than just one administration, even if everything went better than imagined.
And, in some ways things did go much better than we could have hoped. But to unseat a deeply entrenched power, Trump aligned with a new, ascendant power and deals with the devil always have their due.
In July, Erik Torenberg spelled out what so many in the Republican world noted but didn't want to point out because the concern was to win first, then sort out details after.
Torenberg noted in an interview with Balaji Srinivasan how the Republican Party had been "taken over" by the tech industry, Silicon Valley; which, in his words, is humorously "Jewish, Indian, and gay." And he is right.
Torenberg is a tech entrepreneur and investor who is closely related to many of the big names that switched to Trump following the Palestine protests that sparked so much controversy (including congressional hearings and the removal of several ivy league university administrators.) Torenberg's podcast regularly includes people who are now well-known contributors to the success of the Trump campaign. People like David Sacks, Chamath Palihapitiya, Marc Andreessen, and others who, as described, almost entirely share the backgrounds and orientations described by Torenberg, as well as two shared loves: freedom to advance technologies and mass immigration.
David Sacks, for example, was "the billionaire who hosted Trump and Vance at his San Francisco home for a pricey fundraiser in June, where the pair met more than 50 technology executives and other wealthy donors," according to The Washington Post. And if one does a little digging, they will quickly discover the connections between the above-named tech moguls and the incoming Trump administration.
Of course, billionaire backers of a presidential campaign is nothing new. But no one is investing hundreds of millions of dollars into political campaigns without expecting something in return. It is important to realize that while many voters are ideological in their political choices, investors almost never are. Sure, political ideals may have a small say on what politics they prefer, but when one is putting tens or hundreds of millions of dollars into an election it is because they are expecting a return.
That "expected return" is what many Republican voters are now concerned with.
It is quite clear that to the majority of Jewish donors, US support for Israel abroad and the end to the pro-Palestine protests at home are a significant driving force. For some others, like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, advancement of technology, personal holdings, concern over the state of the nation, and greater control over the apparatus of the state were important goals. The more opaque motivating factor is that of the Indian executives. It is obvious that Indian influence in America is growing, and the subcontinent is looking to emerge out of the shadow of its neighbor and rival (China) as a genuine global superpower.
But the big concern for many Americans is whether or not Trump's deal with these titans of tech would bring with it a dangerous Trojan Horse in the form of increased mass "legal" immigration.
Trump proposed his idea of stapling green cards to diplomas in a meeting with two of the aforementioned names, David Sacks and Chamath Palihapitiya. Since then every member of that network has talked openly about their desire to see greater and greater mass immigration and a push to continue to make America a "multicultural paradise," something that places like Australia and Canada have proved is an oxymoron. Vivek Ramaswamy has also been doing his rounds speaking out against nationalism in a way that Obama would admire. In an interview with the New York Times, Ramaswamy expressed his perspective on immigration; one exactly mirroring those of his tech tycoon network, "everybody wants to come here. And you could build an immigration system that is bringing in not just low-wage work but a lot of high-wage talent."
The concern for many Trump voters is that the "America First" nationalism that has underpinned the concerns of so many Americans for decades is going to be rebranded in the style that was utilized to push the kind of overwhelming mass immigration that has completely broken Canada economically, socially and culturally.
That concept is the same one pushed during the Obama years, and the one that brought America to this position to begin with. It is the idea that America is nothing more than an economic zone and that a set of vague and undefined values (liberty and equality) are enough to unite the disparate who want to pour into the nation by the tens of millions.
The problem, of course, is that this isn't true and never has been. As Canada, the UK and most of Europe is quickly finding, vague values mean nothing to people who come for economic gain. On top of the social consequences, the flood of (now legal) immigrants have been proven to enrich only the very elite (the ones so eager to ensure green cards are stapled to diplomas) and only end up driving down incomes and driving up prices as they compete with Americans for the jobs that Americans hoped a vote for Trump would return. On top of this reality, there are the ever present concerns over the security and future of a United States with an open border to nations that have ambitions of rivaling it in the near future.
We have yet to see what deal was made and what Trump will actually do regarding immigration. However, now more than ever, it is important that Americans are aware of the forces fighting over the actions of this administration and are being very vocal in demanding this movement, this win that has finally come, results in policies that put Americans First. It is critical that progress on the border and economy are not undone by shifting the mechanism by which America is undermined from "illegal" to "legal."
Whenever any politician mentions increased immigration, you must hear it as increased competition for your jobs and your children's jobs, your home and theirs. We must be very cautious over globalist messaging and policies wrapped in Republican Red.
Of course, there is always hope. But it is up to voters to stay informed, analyze information beyond the surface level, and make their voices heard.
Arthur is a former editor and consultant. Born in India to missionary parents, he spent his early career working in development for NGOs in Asia, Central America, and Africa.
Arthur has an educational background in history and psychology, with certifications from the University of Oxford and Leiden in the economics, politics, and ethics of mass migration and comparative theories in terrorism and counterterrorism. He is currently launching CivWest, a company focused on building capital to fund restorative projects and create resilient systems across the Western world.
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