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Trump refused to pardon Assange and Snowden. I suppose he has priorities.

In 2021, presumably during SBF's (big Democrat donor) FTX scam, Trump thought that Bitcoin was a scam:

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57392734

Now he is best friends with the "crypto", AI, and H1B bros.


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llamaimperative01/22/2025

> “All my Republican donations were dark,” [SBF] said, referring to political donations that are not publicly disclosed in FEC filings. “The reason was not for regulatory reasons, it’s because reporters freak the f—k out if you donate to Republicans. They’re all super liberal, and I didn’t want to have that fight.”

> Given that he donated nearly $40 million to Democrats in the 2022 election cycle—and he admitted to giving an equal amount to Republicans—his total political contributions may have actually been around $80 million.

https://time.com/6241262/sam-bankman-fried-political-donatio...

labster01/22/2025

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