The Quiet Coup d'état Against Trump's Presidency

The Shadow Network: What Are Murdoch, Thiel, Musk, and Vance Really Up To? Together, they may be orchestrating the most sophisticated power play in modern American politics.

On a crisp June afternoon, Air Force Two descended through the Big Sky country toward a remote airstrip in Butte, Montana. The vice president's office had released no advance notice of the trip—unusual for an administration that typically telegraphs every movement. But then again, nothing about JD Vance's meteoric rise from Never Trump critic to second-in-command has followed conventional rules.

The destination: a sprawling 340,000-acre cattle ranch near Yellowstone, once owned by the Koch brothers, now the private kingdom of 94-year-old media titan Rupert Murdoch. What transpired during those few hours on June 10, 2025, has become the subject of speculation across Washington's power corridors, raising a question that cuts to the heart of Republican politics: What exactly are Murdoch, Peter Thiel, and JD Vance plotting?

The Puppet Master's Protégé

To understand the intrigue surrounding that Montana meeting, one must first grasp the extraordinary relationship between Vance and his Silicon…