So on the one hand he pardons Ross Ulbricht and on the other he is building this massive database to spy on us can anyone explain what’s going on here ?
Snowden risked his life to reveal years ago that the US government was spying on its own citizens. Now, under Trump, an unprecedented surveillance machine threatens our privacy more than ever. Have we learned nothing?
"They are not our tribe. They are not your personality. They have their own interests, their own values, their own things they're chasing.
Try to get what you need from them, but don't give yourself to them, even if you have to vote for them."
— Edward Snowden (Bitcoin 24' keynote speech)
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/trump-palantir-surveillance-americans-rcna210017
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Pardoning Ross consequentially won Trump support from people who might not have backed him otherwise—including Ross himself, who just wore a red Trump tribute tie to Bitcoin 2025 in gratitude. The move resonated with Libertarian voters and fulfilled a high-profile campaign promise. For Trump, it was no skin off his back—this is what he does. He does things for people in exchange for loyalty. Trump still hasn’t pardoned Snowden, as Obama commuted Chelsea Manning’s sentence.
My post from Jan 20, 2025:
Donald Trump only pardoned Ross Ulbricht to gain more libertarian supporters. If he doesn't end the laws and policies that put people like Ross in jail in the first place, then the pardon was all just bread and circuses to distract the people from systemic issues.
Those who thought otherwise were idiots. Polititians being polititians...
He never will.
He will become a bargaining chip between Mr. Putin and whoever is President in the USA when the time comes for him to be put in the service of realpolitik.