Peter Thiel has been a long-time donor to the Republican Party, and despite being one of President Trump’s biggest supporters in 2016, he’s recently soured on the former president.
The presence of tech entrepreneur Peter Thiel loomed large at last week's Republican National Convention, yet the one-time Donald Trump-supporting billionaire was nowhere to be found. And he still isn't, at least according to Trump campaign officials who say Thiel still hasn't said if he will back Trump with his name and money in the 2024 presidential campaign, FOX Business has learned. It's such an odd absence that Trump supporters are hoping it will change any minute now.
And yet, Thiel is still nowhere to be found in Trump land. "I’m guessing he comes back to Trump because his guy just accepted the nomination for VP," said one Trump campaign adviser. "But he's been quiet; he hasn't told his closest friends and colleagues what he's up to." A spokesman for Thiel did not respond to a request for comment. Despite being one of Trump’s biggest supporters in 2016 , he’s recently soured on the former president.
According to campaign sources, Thiel and Musk teamed up to lobby Trump to make Vance his VP pick in recent weeks, pushing him over other rumored candidates like Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum. Thiel donated $15 million to Vance’s 2022 Senate campaign and is said to have influenced his endorsement from Trump, which helped Vance win the tightly contested GOP Senate primary race that year.
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