A Repugnant operative described it as "crickets". That is the sound of ultra rich Robert Mercer, founder of the hedge fund Renaissance Technologies, bailing on Don Veto. The desertion is significant because Mercer and wife contributed almost $50 million to elect the accused criminal occupying the Very White House during the 2016 cycle. In 2018 that figure dropped to less than $3 million. According to associates of the reclusive billionaire he has become disillusioned with Trumpillini (spelled with 3 i's). The famously cheap plutocrat was grateful enough for Mercer's support that he gave a transition team job to daughter Rebekah, and made an appearance at the annual chez Mercer costume ball on Long Island. Mercer had ties to conservative media firm Breitbart, former incendiary political advisor Steve Bannon, and Cambridge Analytics, the firm which provided demographic analysis of voters. The company was investigated by the FBI for appropriating private data from more than 50 million Facebook users. In May the Mercers shut the company down. Insiders say the potential legal jeopardy "really spooked them".
Sources close to the reclusive scientist say he will not play a role in the 2020 election. Mercer and Rebekah have also distanced themselves from the banished Bannon after his kiss-and-tell book came out, and Robert has transferred his interest in Breitbart to his daughters. Despite all the money they invested in electing the erratic tycoon, sources told Gabriel Sherman writing at Vanity Fair, "they never really liked Trump", preferring Ted Cruz. What they really wanted was someone to beat Hillary Clinton whom Robert Mercer considers a "socialist" and "an evil person".
Can US Person say something nice about Robert Mercer, who was instrumental in saddling the country with a sociopathic narcissist and accused rapist* as president? Yes: he is said to like cats.
*Twenty-two women have accused Don Veto of sexual misconduct towards them. The latest accusation includes actual penetration of the victim's sexual organ. During the 2016 campaign he bragged about be able to 'grab women by the pussy' because he is rich and famous.