According to a new bombshell report from the Daily Beast, Donald Trump’s support amid this catastrophic pandemic, even from his staunchest allies, is even worse than we thought.
Apparently, billionaire Trump backer Peter Thiel has tossed the rose-colored glasses when it comes to the president of the United States after seeing how truly catastrophic Donald’s response to the deadly coronavirus pandemic has been.
So much so, in fact, that the former Trump donor is now doing all he can to keep his distance from the 2020 MAGA reelection campaign.
The Beast report, penned by Lachlan Cartwright, Asawin Suebsaeng, and Lachlan Markay reads:
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“During the last presidential campaign, Facebook board member and billionaire Peter Thiel was among Donald Trump’s most important backers, campaigning for the future president as a ‘proud,’ openly gay supporter of the Republican nominee and even speaking at the Republican Party’s 2016 convention. Four years later, Thiel has taken on a dramatically reduced—if not altogether nonexistent—role in pushing for Trump 2020.”
“Though Thiel declared a year and a half ago that he supports Trump’s re-election, he so far hasn’t donated large sums to any of the major Trump campaign committees, and it is unclear to various Trump lieutenants if those contributions are forthcoming,” the Daily Beast article goes on. “Top officials in the president’s political orbit say that Thiel has been absent from 2020 discussions, with one proclaiming the famous investor had ‘ghosted’ Team Trump lately. And several people familiar with the situation say he has privately criticized Trump in recent months and contemplated limiting his support to other GOP or conservative-nationalist politicians such as Missouri Senator Josh Hawley, to whom he donated the legal maximum of $5,400 in 2017.”
To make matters worse for Trump when it comes to the desperately-needed support of a former campaign contributor is the fact that Thiel has become so upset with Donald that his private complaints of the president come complete with disparaging comments.
“One person in Thiel’s circle tells The Daily Beast that Thiel has been ‘shit-talking’ Trump over what he views as the president’s hamfisted and botched handling of the pandemic that has resulted in a stalled economy, massive job losses, and a U.S. death toll approaching 90,000. Another person familiar with Thiel’s recent griping said that Thiel was ‘clearly very frustrated’ with the president’s uneven public appearances, particularly the daily White House press briefings Trump held that often ended in head-scratching pronouncements or politically disastrous boasts,” the report continues.
“In that regard, Thiel was hardly alone. Trump’s briefings got so bad that his own most senior advisers were urging him to cut down on them, arguing to him directly that these hours-long briefings were tanking his poll numbers and handing a gift to Team Biden. But for a once-declared MAGA diehard to feel this way underscores the degree of self-inflicted damage Trump may have done.”
The Beast authors conclude, “The White House and Trump campaign did not provide comment. The Daily Beast emailed Thiel and his representative a detailed list of questions and gave them multiple opportunities to comment. They did not respond, though in this case, the money—or lack thereof—may tell the story.”
Frankly, Donald Trump is digging his own grave at an alarming rate.
You can read the full report here.
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