> please perform a thought exercise and consider what would happen if a foreign government's members were discussing the personal choices , makeup and "talks" for members of the next American government.

We can discuss potential successors to Xi right here on HN, and an outsider might say that "a forum frequented by some Silicon Valley billionaires is picking the next leader of China." But that would be a huge misrepresentation of our influence.

The fixation of Russian trolls on that single phone call reeks of desperation.