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Bannon disagreed with him (see the quotes above) yet he's listening to Bannon. Consider the possibility that your caricatures of Trump being stupid and irratio
by yummyfajitas 10y ago
Bannon disagreed with him (see the quotes above) yet he's listening to Bannon.
Consider the possibility that your caricatures of Trump being stupid and irrational might not be true - if they were, he probably wouldn't have won the election.
If you look at his cabinet picks, and the actions he's taken so far, there is pretty clear Thiel influence. The 2 for 1 rule on regulations is pretty clearly Thiel. So is Balaji Srinavasan and O'Neill for the FDA. In fact, much of the transition team is Thiel, as is much of the advisory council.
- tptacek 10y agoThis is a facile argument. The "cut N regulations for every K new regulations" has been a Republican trope for decades; Romney used it in 2012. Virtually none of Trump's appointees are within 6 degrees of Thiel.
- hackuser 10y agoI didn't say stupid. He's good at generating publicity and to a degree, being a demagogue (though that isn't going well so far). The reality of Trump's actions and words is far more convincing than the parent comment's theoretical analysis.