Gay Billionaire Peter Thiel Will Be Trump’s Tech Advisor
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At least one member of the LGBT community is riding high after Donald Trump’s Election Day victory: Paypal billionaire Peter Thiel will be the president-elect’s advisor on technology and innovation.
Silicon Valley distanced itself from Thiel after he came out in support of Trump, speaking at the Republican National Conventin this summer and writing him a $1.25 million campaign check last month.
“A page in the book of history has turned, and there is an opening to think about some of our problems from a new perspective,” Thiel told The New York Times. “I’ll try to help the president in any way I can.”
Thiel said he has felt that the political optimism of recent decades “was deeply out of touch,” leading him to put his weight behind Trump. “In some ways, a more pessimistic candidate would do better, because they would resonate with these broad economic realities.”
