I just love the name of the company and its perhaps unintended implications. The Palantiri were seeing stones ... allowing rulers to observe distant events, bu

I just love the name of the company and its perhaps unintended implications. The Palantiri were seeing stones ... allowing rulers to observe distant events, but ... The Orthanc-Palantir was used by Sauron (the big bad) to enslave Saruman (the lead Wizard), causing him to betray the forces of good. So, now we finally see why Thiel (Saruman) endorsed Trump (Sauron).