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great minds. For Musk, spending $250m to choose his own low-information boss, re-write pesky regulations, and set his own tax rate was an obvious bargain.

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If he can stay out of jail, a hell of a bargain.

"Speaking of investments paying off, remember when the Koch brothers put up $650 million to help an allegedly rightwing tech billionaire buy TIME magazine? Yeah, that happened in 2017, and here comes Donald Trump on the magazine’s cover as Man of the Year."

In another venue, I discussed what I consider to be a "better" investment. Besides taking control of the Treasury, Trump "prints" his own "currency." What if the coin of the realm were Trump coins and World Liberty Financial Inc cryptocurrency. https://www.worldlibertyfinancial.com/

https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/trump-crypto-venture-partners-with-platform-linked-to-middle-east-militants/article68977974.ece

A component of psy ops was devaluing the "enemy" currency. E.G. F. Castro accused Batista of stealing the entire Cuban treasury and accused the CIA of issuing counterfeit pesos.

Consider Russian psyops -- not just the election?

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