I agree that Luckey is effectively saving taxpayers hundreds of billions given how slow and expensive and uncompetitive the old defense companies have been. But I am very uncomfortable with the strong ties between this new wave of tech companies and the Trump administration, with all the usual investors and middlemen like Andreesen, Thiel, Joe Lonsdale, etc, who I find hard to trust. For example, Joe Lonsdale is literally pumping the Melania documentary:
It’s also disturbing to see Luckey admit he is a propagandist who will twist the truth and manipulate people to get his way.
> With Silicon Valley elites going MAGA post—last year's election, Luckey is taking a Trump-stanning victory lap. After all, he was "one of the true Trump OGs," he told Rogan. When Luckey was 15, he wrote Trump a letter asking him to run for president: "I loved his extremist rhetoric going back to 2009!" Trump seems to stan Luckey, too: At a press conference in the spring, the president archly called Anduril's Roadrunner drone a "nasty looking thing."
I agree that Luckey is effectively saving taxpayers hundreds of billions given how slow and expensive and uncompetitive the old defense companies have been. But I am very uncomfortable with the strong ties between this new wave of tech companies and the Trump administration, with all the usual investors and middlemen like Andreesen, Thiel, Joe Lonsdale, etc, who I find hard to trust. For example, Joe Lonsdale is literally pumping the Melania documentary:
https://xcancel.com/JTLonsdale/status/2017844903099732184
It’s also disturbing to see Luckey admit he is a propagandist who will twist the truth and manipulate people to get his way.
> With Silicon Valley elites going MAGA post—last year's election, Luckey is taking a Trump-stanning victory lap. After all, he was "one of the true Trump OGs," he told Rogan. When Luckey was 15, he wrote Trump a letter asking him to run for president: "I loved his extremist rhetoric going back to 2009!" Trump seems to stan Luckey, too: At a press conference in the spring, the president archly called Anduril's Roadrunner drone a "nasty looking thing."