{"id":2256336,"date":"2024-05-30T23:40:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T03:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/silicon-valley-venture-capitalist-explains-how-he-went-from-clinton-in-2016-to-trump-in-2024-im-prepared-to-lose-friends\/"},"modified":"2024-05-30T23:43:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T03:43:06","slug":"silicon-valley-venture-capitalist-explains-how-he-went-from-clinton-in-2016-to-trump-in-2024-im-prepared-to-lose-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/silicon-valley-venture-capitalist-explains-how-he-went-from-clinton-in-2016-to-trump-in-2024-im-prepared-to-lose-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Venture Capitalist Shares Shift from Clinton to Trump in 2024: Willing to Lose Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsilicon-valley-venture-capitalist-explains-how-he-went-from-clinton-in-2016-to-trump-in-2024-im-prepared-to-lose-friends%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2256336&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Silicon Valley venture capitalist, Shaun Maguire, donated $300,000 to former President Trump after his hush-money case conviction. In a bold move, he explained his shift from supporting\u2062 Clinton in 2016 to backing Trump in 2024, risking friendships and business deals. Maguire highlighted Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">foreign policy<\/a> successes and \u200bcriticized Biden&#8217;s handling\u2063 of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-summons-chinese-ambassador-amid-military-exercises\/\" title=\"White House Summons Chinese Ambassador Amid Military Exercises\">key international issues<\/a>, emphasizing\u200d the importance of\u2062 speaking out and supporting strong leadership.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>A top Silicon Valley venture capitalist announced on Thursday that he was donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> following his conviction in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-responds-to-guilty-verdict-with-fiery-statement\/\" title=\"Trump issues fiery statement in response to guilty verdict\">controversial hush-money case<\/a> in Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p>Shaun Maguire, a partner at Sequoia Capital, posted on X that he donated $300,000 to the political operation backing Trump and explained in a lengthy statement his political shift in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m prepared to lose friends,\u201d he wrote. \u201cBack in 2016 I had drunk the media Kool-Aid and was scared out of my mind about Trump. As such I donated to Hilary Clinton\u2019s campaign and voted for her. By 2020 I was disillusioned and didn\u2019t vote \u2013 I didn\u2019t like either option.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, in 2024, I believe this is one of the most important elections of my lifetime, and I\u2019m supporting Trump,\u201d he continued. \u201cI know that I\u2019ll lose friends for this. Some will refuse to do business with me. The media will probably demonize me, as they have so many others before me. But despite this, I still believe it\u2019s the right thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The physics PhD said that he refuses to live in a society where people are afraid to speak their minds.<\/p>\n<p>He said that his background in national security initially made him fearful of Trump because of how Russia appeared to back in him 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was wrong, and Russia miscalculated,\u201d he said. \u201cPresident Trump turned out to be a master of foreign policy and particularly strong towards Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1716990157394000&#038;usg=AOvVaw33qQydjIo8bet419amChif\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>He explained that when Trump addressed NATO several years ago, Trump \u201ctold Germany that they\u2019re a) owned by Russia via their energy dependence b) financing Russia\u2019s war machine by buying their energy c) not investing enough in defense, investing only 1% of GDP, which was below the 2% NATO commitment, meanwhile the US was investing 4.2% of GDP. And yet the world said he\u2019s owned by Russia?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor other Trump foreign policy wins, he: a) signed the Abraham Accords b) successfully put Iran in the penalty box, which the Biden administration immediately unwound and c) he helped India see the dangers of having their comms networks controlled by China resulting in Huawei and TikTok bans there,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>He said that Biden\u2019s disastrous pullout from Afghanistan was part of a \u201cradicalization\u201d process that he went through that brought him to the center of American politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe gave up one of the most strategic air bases in the world, and arguably stability in Kabul, for political gain \u2013 to be able to say that President Biden ended the War in Afghanistan,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd we did it in the most incompetent manner possible, literally with people falling from our airplanes. Everyone I have spoken with that served in Afghanistan knows this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t just Afghanistan, I believe that the Biden administration has had some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-outlets-ignore-biden-again-ditching-d-c-for-delaware-amid-afghanistan-crisis\/\" title=\"Media Outlets Ignore Biden Again Ditching D.C. For Delaware Amid Afghanistan Crisis\">worst foreign policy<\/a> in decades,\u201d he continued. \u201cAnd this has manifested in two major Wars breaking out during their administration, with Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine and Iran\u2019s proxy attack against Israel. Was the timing just bad luck? I don\u2019t believe so. I believe that a weak America leads to a chaotic world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>The most damaging foreign policy has been the Biden administration\u2019s approach to Iran. Biden resuscitated Obama\u2019s braindead Iran doctrine. Somehow believing that the theocratic Islamic Regime could be turned towards the West.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But it\u2019s much worse than this. After Hamas\u2019 attack against Israel on October 7th, Iran took credit for planning the attack publicly. Moreover, Iran was so bold that their proxies carried out over 300 attacks against US bases and Naval ships. Many of the attacks haven\u2019t been disclosed or publicized. At least 4 US soldiers have been killed in these attacks. And yet somehow despite this, the Biden administration has been rewarding Iran by unfreezing their funds, mourning the death of President Raisi and hamstringing Israel in its proxy battle.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This level of weakness is unprecedented in my opinion. The US has been kissing the ring of its attacker, literally while attacks against our Armed Forces are carried out. If you start looking, it\u2019s hard to see anything other than Iranian foreign influence in the Biden administration, such as what Semafor reported on, and which was effectively buried by our mainstream media.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Biden administration has been a dream come true for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-finally-discovers-china-uses-u-s-media-to-attack-the-united-states\/\" title=\"CNN Finally Discovers China Uses U.S. Media To Attack The United States\">foreign adversaries<\/a>, and a nightmare for US allies. Trusting of enemies, and fickle with friends.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He posted that as a \u201cstaunch Israel supporter and also Zionist,\u201d he has been appalled by Biden\u2019s policy toward the country, saying that it is an \u201cunforgivably disastrous policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said that he is sick of the double standards that the political Left has and he views the weaponization of the justice system against Trump as dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>He said that he agrees with Republicans on most domestic issues now, including immigration, because the quality of life in Republican strongholds is significantly better than it is in Democrat enclaves. However, he said he does not agree with Republicans on the issue of abortion.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silicon Valley VC Shaun Maguire of Sequoia Capital pledged $300,000 to support former President Trump post his conviction in the hush-money case. 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