{"id":2315044,"date":"2024-07-28T14:55:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-28T18:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/peter-thiel-more-hopeful-about-possible-second-trump-term-after-jd-vance-pick-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-28T14:55:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T18:55:02","slug":"peter-thiel-more-hopeful-about-possible-second-trump-term-after-jd-vance-pick-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/peter-thiel-more-hopeful-about-possible-second-trump-term-after-jd-vance-pick-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Thiel more \u2018hopeful\u2019 about possible second Trump term after JD Vance pick &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpeter-thiel-more-hopeful-about-possible-second-trump-term-after-jd-vance-pick-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2315044&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Peter Thiel more &lsquo;hopeful&rsquo; about possible second Trump term after JD Vance pick<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1714640\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Billionaire venture capitalist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Peter-Thiel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Peter Thiel<\/a>&rsquo;s relationship with former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> could be on the mend after Trump picked Thiel&rsquo;s top choice to be his running mate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump and Thiel&rsquo;s relationship soured in 2023 after Thiel refused to support Trump&rsquo;s campaign for reelection. However, in an interview with the <em>New York Times<\/em>, Thiel, for the first time since Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/j.d.-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>J.D.Vance<\/a> (R-OH) was tapped to be Trump&rsquo;s running mate, expressed he was more &ldquo;hopeful&rdquo; for a second Trump term than he was before.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I always try to resist getting swept up in excitement,&rdquo; Thiel, a former employer and mentor of Vance, told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/27\/us\/politics\/peter-thiel-trump-jd-vance.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>New York Times<\/em><\/a>. &ldquo;But in spite of many misgivings I had earlier this year, it makes me more hopeful that a second Trump term will be better than the first.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Thiel and others in Silicon Valley were reportedly hoping that Vance would be Trump&rsquo;s vice presidential pick.<\/p>\n<p>During the 2022 midterm elections, Thiel supported his former employees Vance and Blake Masters, who ran an unsuccessful Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3102103\/trump-duel-endorsements-hamadeh-masters-heated-arizona-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>campaign in Arizona<\/a>. Thiel spent a combined $35 million that election year, but has since indicated that he looks to roll back being so involved with partisan politics.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He donated $1 million to Trump&rsquo;s first presidential campaign in 2016, but didn&rsquo;t donate anything in 2020 and has not donated anything yet in 2024 for Trump&rsquo;s third campaign. Thiel had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2024\/07\/28\/jd-vance-peter-thiel-donors-big-tech-trump-vp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reportedly<\/a> been disappointed in the Trump administration, believing they fell through on some campaign promises while in office.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">According to the&nbsp;<em>New York Times<\/em>, however, Vance&rsquo;s nomination for vice president indicates that the Trump campaign could be keeping a close eye on mega-donors like Thiel.<\/span> Vance had the backing of other Silicon Valley mega-donors like tech entrepreneur David Sacks and Palantir adviser Jacob Helberg, as well as Trump&rsquo;s son, Donald Trump Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Still, while Thiel introduced Vance to Trump at the beginning of 2021, the pick may not be enough for Thiel to open his wallet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I went <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2023\/11\/peter-thiel-2024-election-politics-investing-life-views\/675946\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>on record<\/a> saying I would not give money to super PACs, and I still feel I have to stick with that,&rdquo; he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s going to be very different from 2016 or 2020. I don&rsquo;t think the election is going to be close. I think Trump and JD will crush the election by a solid margin &mdash; 4 percent or 5 percent of the popular vote. And it doesn&rsquo;t matter what I do. It doesn&rsquo;t matter what Democrat donors do,&rdquo; Thiel continued.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1714640\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1714640\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Thiel more \u2018hopeful\u2019 about possible second Trump term after JD Vance pick Billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel\u2019s relationship with former President Donald Trump could be on the mend after Trump picked Thiel\u2019s top choice to be his running mate.\u00a0 Trump and Thiel\u2019s relationship soured in 2023 after Thiel refused to support Trump\u2019s campaign for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2315045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Peter-Thiel_1.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2315044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Peter-Thiel_1.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2315044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2315044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2315044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2315044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}