With recent polls placing Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton 11 points ahead of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, things just got real for the GOP. There’s little over three weeks to go until the election takes place and the candidate who cannot be bought, has decided to cave in to vested interests, yet again.
According to the New York Times, Peter Thiel, Silicon Valley billionaire and founder of PayPal, just donated $1.25 million to the Trump campaign.
A Billion Dollars Is Stronger Than The Truth
Thiel’s no stranger to controversy of course.
Gawker’s decision to publish an article discussing his sexuality back in 2007 led to a grudge match that ultimately destroyed the hard-hitting news site. Unable to attack directly he attacked by proxy, helping to bankroll a $140 million lawsuit filed by Hulk Hogan instead.
Even so, Thiel’s decision to embrace brand Trump comes as something of a surprise. Sure, he uses his wealth as leverage against first amendment rights. That doesn’t mean he is entirely bereft of any sense of proprietary though. Right?
Wrong. You must be thinking of a different America. You’re thinking of a place where political differences are subject to reasoned debate. That place doesn’t exist anymore.
Politics in America is now little more than an en masse dummy-spit of frightening proportions. Trump plays the fiddle, Rome burns. His supporters streak across the lawn, applauding their own immolation. The parallels with Brexit are obvious.
Scumbag Billionaires
Like millions of Americans, Thiel seems to be unaffected by the controversy surrounding Trump’s grab for power. The misogyny, the horrendous comments about Latinos and Mexicans. The despicable attacks on the disabled and veterans. None of it has phased him in the slightest. Having presumably listened to Trump’s pro-sexual assault hot mic revelations, having paid witness to the Tsunami of women who have come forward with allegations of sexual assault, he knows what to do.
When You Can’t Pay Your Heating Bill, Burn Money
His money supports a man who has failed to exhibit a single quality desirable in a leader. Thiel has done more than pledged his vote, he’s gone that extra mile. He has taken the money he skims off your PayPal transactions and laid it at the feet of a man who does not need it and who does not deserve it.
No wonder he has as of yet declined to comment. The Trump brand is as toxic as a three-day old breakfast Burrito and America will long remember those people who helped peddle it.
Watch Thiel’s gushing endorsement of a man unfit to be president:
Featured image from YouTube video.
