Peter Thiel Defends Trump, Says U.S. Needs an Outsider
- Billionaire tech investor says both candidates are ‘imperfect’
- Thiel was surprised by backlash to his support of GOP nominee
Thiel: Trump Right on Trade, Supporters Tired of War
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Peter Thiel is standing by Donald Trump, saying the Republican presidential candidate “gets the big things right” and that the nation needs a political outsider to fix its systemic problems.
The billionaire venture capitalist and Facebook Inc. board member defended his support of Trump onstage at the National Press Club in Washington. Thiel said Trump’s vulgar comments about women, which have hurt his poll numbers, were “offensive and inappropriate” but that voters should look past the candidate’s personal faults. He said both Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton are “imperfect people.”