Inside Kiwi's powerful network that anointed Trump's VP pick

Inside Kiwi's powerful network that anointed Trump's VP pick
New Zealand citizen Peter Thiel with President-elect Donald Trump at a meeting in Trump Tower, New York, in December 2016. (Image: Getty)
The Washington Post
By Elizabeth Dwoskin, Cat Zakrzewski, Nitasha Tiku, Josh DawseyIn the weeks before former president Donald Trump announced his vice-presidential pick, some of tech’s biggest names launched a quiet campaign to push for one of their own: Ohio senator JD Vance.The former president fielded repeated calls from tech entrepreneur David Sacks, Palantir adviser Jacob Helberg and billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel – Vance’s former employer and mentor and a New Zealand citizen – imploring him to add the one-time Silicon Val...

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