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The Guardian - US
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Robert Reich

Why is a group of billionaires working to re-elect Trump?

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Donald Trump and PayPal founder Peter Thiel attending a meeting at Trump Tower, New York, in 2016. Photograph: Albin Lohr-Jones/EPA

Elon Musk and the entrepreneur and investor David Sacks reportedly held a secret dinner party of billionaires and millionaires in Hollywood last month. Its purpose: to defeat Joe Biden and re-install Donald Trump in the White House.

The guest list included Peter Thiel, Rupert Murdoch, Michael Milken, Travis Kalanick, and Steven Mnuchin, Trump’s treasury secretary.

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