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Basically he did it to get the vote of the right-libertarians. He made a promise to them.

They idolize Ross for creating a drug market because they view it as freedom of speech.

>>hoppp+(OP)
I don't think I buy this. He doesn't need to care about citizen votes anymore, and how big is the libertarian with a capital 'L' true believer block in Congress? Is there any? I'm not sure there was ever any political support for Ross Ulbricht.

Has to be something else going on here, none of the explanations in this thread are hitting it on the head for me.

>>idiots+Wa
He doesn't care anymore, but he kept his promise.

There was the free Ross movement, they promised to vote for him if he pardons Ross and he did.

He apparently tweeted about how much Ross's mum supported him during the campaign.

But my source for all this info is reddit

>>idiots+Wa
he promised to free Ross at the libertarian national convention. promises made, promises kept. https://x.com/CroissantEth/status/1856551964156342303

>>idiots+Wa
If he wants to make the most of his next/last four years as president, then he needs to keep his supporters happy enough to vote in Republican congressmen in two years. Many of his supporters are the type to not vote at all because they think politicians are all two-faced liars, so it's important to keep them sufficiently moralized to vote in 2026.

>>jpadki+hq
He rarely keeps his promises, so he must still want something from libertarians.

>>immibi+ed1
Well what do they have? Lots of guns and determination.

Maybe they make good allies, after the presidency somebody needs to protect him if he commits too many crimes.