donald trump he promised, in exchange for the support of the marginal Libertarian Partywho if elected president will release Ross Ulbricht, an american he is sentenced to life imprisonment for directing a website that sold millions of dollars in drugs.
The former Republican president spoke Saturday at the party’s national convention in hopes of gaining support for the November elections, in which he will face the current Democratic president again. Joe Biden.
“If you vote for me, on the first day I will commute Ross Ulbricht’s sentence,” Trump said, prompting applause from the crowd. He also said that he would appoint a libertarian to his government.
Who is Ross Ulbricht and why Donald Trump appointed him
In 2015, Ross Ulbricht website creator Silk Road, ever considered the largest online drug sales site in the worldwas he is sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. She had sold drugs worth 200 million dollars to users from all over the world.
His Dark Web black market site, sometimes nicknamed the “Ebay of drugs”, allowed to acquire heroin, cocaine, LSD and other illegal products or false documents using the virtual currency bitcoin, guaranteeing the anonymity of its tens of thousands of buyers around the world.
Libertarian circles adopted his cause and denounced his condemnation as an excess of government power and an attack on free market principles.
Trump has already promised, on the other hand, that he will support the death penalty for drug traffickers.
Applause and boos for Donald Trump at the libertarian rally
The heated political meeting was far from an act of celebration for the former president, who is more accustomed to being surrounded by staunch supporters. Many libertarians believe that Trump’s policies exceed the limits of what they consider the government’s powers should be.
“The Libertarian Party should nominate Trump as a candidate for president of the United States,” the magnate himself said to applause and boos. “Only if they want to win but maybe don’t want to win,” he added.
He Libertarian Party regularly presents in elections very marginal candidates who defend the idea of minimal government, the legalization of marijuana or even the abolition of the federal tax collection agency.
Thursday, trump held an unusual meeting in the Bronx, a poor district of NY, where he hopes to attract Hispanic and African American voters who have shown signs of hesitation in their support for Joe Biden.
Source: Ambito
