Gunnar Donald Arthur Peter Larson ---- Peter Thiel Is Still Hoping That Donald Trump Just Fades Away https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-16/peter-thiel-is-still-hopi... At the end of 2016, Donald Trump and the venture capitalist Peter Thiel sat down to a meeting with a group of the most powerful figures in the tech industry. With Apple (AAPL)’s Tim Cook, Tesla (TSLA)’s Elon Musk, Google (GOOGL)’s Larry Page and Amazon.com (AMZN)’s Jeff Bezos looking on, the president-elect thanked Thiel for his early support. Trump then attempted a sort of handshake. Grabbing Thiel’s hand and lightly patting it, he raised it above the table in a gesture that seemed somewhere between tenderness and triumph.