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In reply to the discussion: JD Vance flew to Montana for secret meeting with Rupert Murdoch and Fox News executives [View all]Bluetus
(1,323 posts)We should not underestimate the significance of Vance secretly flying to Murdoch's estate for a meeting right when all the powerful billionaires were turning against Trump and right when Trump was threatening a big lawsuit against the Murdochs.
There really are only two possibilities here, I believe:
1) Trump sent Vance on a mission to quietly patch things up with Murdoch.
2) This is the time that Theil and his fellow billionaire tech boys make their move to push Trump aside.
I think the probability of 1) is practically zero. So it really becomes a question whether Theil , Murdoch, Vance, Musk and the others have the guts to confront Trump.
There is a big problem, however. It seems very unlikely that Trump could be removed through impeachment. And let's say that the billionaires convince the Republicans in Congress to impeach and convict. In that case, it might be tactically smart for the Dems to block that, forcing the Republicans to live with Trump. But the Dems never think strategically, so that isn't going to happen.
The other way to force Trump out is through the 25th. But Trump has loaded the cabinet with people who are just as evil and demented as he is, so I can't see them acting.
I'm not sure how Theil gets over this hump.
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