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Trump was a private citizen at the time. That was a donation from Thiel to Trump presidential campaign. Corruption is mostly reservered for government favouriti

• zorpner 9y ago
  The point of the donation was a bet, to receive government favoritism in the event of election. Is that non-obvious?
  • jjeaff 9y ago
    Which is why basically every big corporation and donor donates to both side of the campaign. This is nothing new. Only difference is that here, Thiel donated to a candidate that didn't get many other big donations because it was presumed he had no chance of winning.
  • dogruck 9y ago
    "Government favoritism" is markedly different from the actual "leadership role in the newly elected government"