President-elect Donald Trump made the unorthodox decision to speak at the Libertarian National Convention back in May. No former or future president had appeared at a third-party convention in the past, but in a stroke of what turned out to be political genius, Trump was willing to face a hostile audience and make multiple concessions to libertarians in order to expand his coalition heading into the general election. 

Trump pledged to give libertarians a few of their bucket list items in exchange for their votes. The 45th president promised to appoint a libertarian to a Cabinet-level position, call off the regulatory dogs regarding Bitcoin, and free Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the darknet site Silk Road who many believe is unjustly serving a life sentence in federal prison.