Peter Thiel Calls Trump's White House 'Incompetent'

Tech investment kingpin Peter Thiel has been one of the few Silicon Valley heavyweights to openly support President Donald Trump, but behind closed doors has referred to the current administration as “incompetent,” according to BuzzFeed News.

Regarding the Trump White House, Thiel said to a friend in January, according to the report: “There is a 50 percent chance this whole thing ends in disaster.” But his private comments belie his public support for the 45th president.

Thiel attended Trump’s inauguration in January, and recently said the president was off to a “terrific start” during a tech roundtable hosted by the White House. He famously backed Trump in his speech at the Republican National Convention last year, saying “nobody in this race is being honest” about America’s wavering economy “except Donald Trump.”

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After co-founding PayPal in 1999, Thiel shrewdly parlayed his fortune into investments in Facebook and SpaceX. Now, some in his inner circle see his support for Trump as another calculated bet. “He saw an opportunity to help somebody, who was not a sure thing, and get in on the ground floor,” said a friend of Thiel to BuzzFeed.

His optimism for Trump has since waned, with Thiel questioning whether Trump would win a reelection bid in 2020. Still, Thiel has not publicly walked back his support for the President, even though he didn’t deny the veracity of the report.

“The night he won the election, I said President Trump would face an awesomely difficult task,” Thiel said in a statement to BuzzFeed. “Today it’s clear that resistance to change in Washington, D.C. has been even fiercer than I anticipated. We still need change. I support President Trump in his ongoing fight to achieve it.”

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Thiel did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.

22 'Rediculous' Typos From Trump's White House, From 'Attaker' to 'Unpresidented' (Photos)

You can't have "the best words" if you can't correctly spell them. Even more serious than the Trump administration's beef with CNN is its beef with grammar, as is evidenced by a score of tweets and official White House documents that are riddled with spelling errors, misused words and downright gibberish. Here are 21 of the worst (and most laughable) offenses.
"Innaccurately"

Oh, the irony! The White House tried to call out the Congressional Budget Office for inaccuracy but inaccurately spelled the word "innaccurately."
White House/Twitter
"Honered"

Before "covfefe," there was "honered." Of course, newly-inaugurated Trump meant to tweet that he was "honored," but that's not what happened.
Twitter
"Unpresidented"

According to Huffington Post, Trump Twitter-slammed China for seizing a U.S. underwater drone in December 2016. He also made up a word in the process. By “unpresidented,” we can assume he meant “unprecedented.”
Twitter
"San Bernadino"

The White House got a few things wrong with this list of “unreported” terror attacks. First, many of the incidents actually had been reported. Second, “San Bernardino” was spelled incorrectly.
White House/Twitter
"Attaker"

In the same report, the WH managed to misspell “attacker” 23 times in a row. That has to be some sort of record.
White House/Twitter
"W.E.B. DeBois"

The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) botched the name of legendary civil rights activist, W.E.B. DuBois. It’s DU Bois, as in “DU” they realize the epic mistake they made?
Twitter
"Deepest apologizes"

Apparently, the DOE did catch the gaffe and subsequently tweeted out an apology… sort of.
Twitter/The Washington Post
"Columbia"

This is a common spelling error that also tripped up Steve Harvey in the past. For the record, when referring to the country, the correct spelling is "Colombia."
White House/Twitter
“Possibility of lasting peach”

According to a White House press release, one of Trump’s objectives during his most recent visit to Israel was to “promote the possibility of lasting peach” between Israelis and Palestinians. Who needs peace when you can have peaches?
White House/Twitter
“Couple with changes”

Another typo from the same press release. This time, someone left off the “d” in the word “coupled.” Hence, we have “A new approach, couple with changes.”
White House/Twitter
"Councel"

After Trump tweeted this misspelling on May 18, Merriam-Webster reported that "councel" was their most-searched word of that day.
Twitter/The Hill
"Tapp"

President Obama did not "tapp" Trump's phone at any time during his two terms in office, because there is no such word as "tapp" in the English language.
Twitter
Too vs. To

This was not a tweet. This was Donald Trump's official inauguration portrait... with an egregious typo printed front and center.
Library of Congress
"Teresa May"

This mistake doesn’t seem too critical… until you consider the fact that Teresa (sans “h”) May is the name of a British porn star, not the British Prime Minister. The latter spells her first name with an "h."
White House/Huffington Post
"Hear by"

He should have typed "hereby." Of course, POTUS received a lot of flack for this one, among his many other botched spellings.
Twitter/Pro Publica
"Educatuon"

Failure took the form of a White House Snapchat on April 17. There's no excuse for this one.
White House/Snap
"Thr" and "Gas"

Trump displayed poor spelling in his attempt to shade two credible news outlets via Twitter.
Twitter
"Amoung"

"Amoung," many other things, he will also not use spellcheck.
Twitter
"Predisent"

This was a statement made by Trump's lawyer, Marc Kasowitz, in an official White House document.
White House/Twitter
"Rediculous"

Once again, Trump unleashes a grammatically incorrect Twitter rage at his arch nemesis, CNN.
Twitter/ProPublica
"Make American Great Again"

On August 4, Trump (or more likely one of his editors) botched his own campaign slogan. Is nothing sacred?!
donaldjtrump.com
If you thought those word gaffes were bad, check out this list of celebrity gibberish terms, including Trump's infamous "covfefe."

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Urban Dictionary
As Merriam-Webster so nicely put it, "heal (to become healthy again)
heel (a contemptible person)."
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You can't have "the best words" if you can't correctly spell them. Even more serious than the Trump administration's beef with CNN is its beef with grammar, as is evidenced by a score of tweets and official White House documents that are riddled with spelling errors, misused words and downright gibberish. Here are 21 of the worst (and most laughable) offenses.

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22 'Rediculous' Typos From Trump's White House, From 'Attaker' to 'Unpresidented' (Photos)

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