PayPal cofounder and Facebook board member Peter Thiel—really the only significant Silicon Valley voice to support Trump—was warned by another billionaire and longtime Trump friend that Trump would, in an explosion of flattery, offer Thiel his undying friendship.
Everybody says you’re great, you and I are going to have an amazing working relationship, anything you want, call me and we’ll get it done!
Thiel was advised not to take Trump’s offer too seriously.
But Thiel, who gave a speech supporting Trump at the Republican Convention in Cleveland, reported back that, even having been forewarned, he absolutely was certain of Trump’s sincerity when he said they’d be friends for life—only never to basically hear from him again or have his calls returned.
Still, power provides its own excuses for social lapses.
