I wonder if Thiel is still as enthusiastic about Trump after The Donald's recent comment about printing money to pay off the national debt.
peter thiel is a contrarian. That implies that he follows the unpopular opinion. Since elections are based on popularity, if thiel is right, Hilary becomes president
I had no idea about Thiel's politics. Is it acceptable to judge someone's character based on their political beliefs?
Only if you can make the right judgement. The Trump support is very heterogenous. Unless you know the reason that specifiic individual support him, you may judge wrong.
I can think of a few politicians in history with whom there is no reason that excuses supporting them - for me, Trump is on that list.
So there is at least one Trump supporter in Silicon Valley.
I think you'd be surprised by how many there are.
Trust me, I won't. I know why they keep low profile though. I was mostly mocking the recent media wave of "no one in SV likes Trump" articles.