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Peter Thiel is now on stage at the RNC [live] [video]

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Being on a bus and not having seen the video, I wondered how Theil would reconcile libertarianism with support for Trump. But i wasn't sure Theil considered himself a libertarian so I went to Google and started typing, "is Theil a".

Why am I not surprised that the first autocomplete offered by Google was, "is Theil a Jewish name" given the venue at which he just spoke?

Here's the full speech. It's not very long, just 6 minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTJB8AkT1dk

Two of Trump's children are married to Jews.

> Ivanka Trump married New York Observer publisher Jared Kushner (a card-carrying MOT for whom she converted), younger brother Eric Trump followed in her footsteps, marrying Inside Edition’s Lara Yunaska on Saturday at dad’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach.

Why exactly would that matter? That has literally no bearing on what Trump fans might or might not be searching for.

The culture of an organisation is defined by its leaders.

>I wondered how Theil would reconcile libertarianism with support for Trump

There's no need for reconciliation. His libertarian views align with most of Trump's policies and views.

That's a joke. Expansion of the military. Favoring eminent domain. Iranian sanctions. Federal trade deals. Border walls. Gay marriage left to the states. I don't know what brand of libertarianism you are familiar with.

>Expansion of the military.

Trump is for a reduction in military spending. Reduce spending by buying only the best weapons and equipment while shutting down useless projects. Also, he will stop letting lobbyists force the military to buy useless expensive equipment that they don't need. Under Trump, the military will finally be free to buy only the equipment it need.

>Favoring eminent domain.

He's not going to pass any new laws. Hillary is not going to pass any new laws concerning this either.

>Iranian

Iran should not have access to nuclear weapons. Your liberties will be meaningless if your country is destroyed by nukes that ISIS stole from Iran.

>Federal trade

Trump will renegotiate trade deals and make the country rich and wealthy again. Why would any libertarians want a poor broken country? Your liberties are meaningless if you're dying on the street of hunger.

>Border walls

Barbarians are ransacking your cities. Trump just wants to stop it.

>Gay marriage left to the states

As it should. In this way, you will have the liberty and freedom to move to a state that agrees with your view. It should NOT be one single national rule that everyone MUST conform to. People should have the freedom of choice to follow it or not. And the only way you can have that is to have some states legalize it, while some don't.

>I don't know what brand of libertarianism you are familiar with.

The kind that says the government should provide a safe place for people to live lives the way they want while NOT meddling in their personal affairs, like which bathroom they can and can not use. People have always been able to use the bathroom responsibly. You don't suddenly need the government to help you use the bathroom now.

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