A reporter asked JD Vance what he advised Trump before launching the Iran war.
His answer:
“I don’t want to go to prison.”
That is a direct quote from the Vice President of the United States.
Not “it’s classified.”
Not “national security prevents me from answering.”
“I don’t want to go to prison.”
The man one heartbeat from the presidency just told the American press that the reason he won’t answer questions about a war that has killed 14 Americans — including Major Alex Klinner whose twins are 7 months old — is personal legal self-preservation.
He campaigned against endless foreign wars.
He is now in the Situation Room approving one.
And his reason for silence is prison avoidance.
The American people funded this war.
American families are burying their children.
The Pentagon won’t release a casualty count.
The Baghdad embassy just told Americans to flee.
JD Vance doesn’t want to go to prison.
Everyone says Europe can't compete with America in tech.
But 48 hours ago, Mistral's 'Le Chat' just proved them wrong:
• 13x faster than ChatGPT
• 100% open-source
• Completely free (vs $20/month)
The European AI breakthrough Silicon Valley didn't see coming 🧵:
I love how we have flipped from a “SaaS is dead” to “the application layer is everything” narrative in one week
Just waiting for what next week brings 🍿
New data: startup valuations and round sizes in Q3.
Seed and Series A rose in valuation, Series B declined. Round sizes continued to grow
Things look expensive vs historical data, but fewer rounds happening than in Q2 we think
Full First Cut report from Carta in next post