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Christiaan Hetzner

‘Founder mode’ startup guru Paul Graham explains why he’s not backing Trump: ‘He ran the White House like a mob boss’

Paul Graham, co-founder of famed startup accelerator Y Combinator (Credit: David Paul Morris—Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Paul Graham, the man behind famed startup accelerator Y Combinator, has urged American voters to reject Donald Trump at the ballot box next week.

The former president appears to have the momentum going into Tuesday, with betting markets like Polymarket and Kalshi predicting a crushing electoral college victory thanks to a possible sweep of U.S. battleground states. Shares in Trump Media and Technology Group have returned to their March 2024 highs as meme stock traders price in an impending defeat of opponent Kamala Harris. 

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