Here's everything wrong with Peter Thiel's pro-Trump speech

Wake up, Peter Thiel: That way lies madness

Peter Thiel simply misses major points.
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On the outside, Donald Trump and Peter Thiel don't seem to have much in common. One is a billionaire business tycoon, and the other is running for president.

And yet, one of the strangest oddities of this strangest of all years is that Peter Thiel supports Donald Trump, and will vote for him. This week, Thiel paid a visit to the National Press Club and gave a speech justifying a choice that so many people find, ah, deplorable.

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Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry is a writer and fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. His writing has appeared at Forbes, The Atlantic, First Things, Commentary Magazine, The Daily Beast, The Federalist, Quartz, and other places. He lives in Paris with his beloved wife and daughter.