Billionaire GOP kingmaker Peter Thiel admits Trump failed to meet his lowest expectations – and REFUSES to talk about boyfriend who killed himself earlier this year – in rare interview

Billionaire PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel voiced his disappointment with politicians including Donald Trump in a new profile as he claims he’s taking a break from being a GOP kingmaker.

Thiel, 56, has recently become synonymous with right-wing politics in America, a major donor to the likes of Trump and current Ohio Senator J.D. Vance.

However, Vance was one of his few successes in the 2022 midterm elections, despite donating more than $20 million. It’s part of a difficult period for the billionaire.

More recently, Thiel’s ex-boyfriend, male model Jeff Thomas, died after jumping from a Miami apartment building in March.

He declined to discuss Thomas in a rare interview with Barton Gellman The Atlantic Oceanbut he did discuss his newfound ambivalence with politics and the mistake he appears to be admitting in supporting Trump.

“Voting for Trump was like an understated cry for help,” Thiel claims, but he said Trump ultimately failed to meet what he calls “low expectations” and that he was “disappointed and disenchanted” with the ex-president .

“There’s a lot of things I did wrong,” Thiel said. ‘It was crazier than I thought. It was more dangerous than I thought.’

Thiel’s disillusionment with Trump seems to be less about policy and more about competence.

“They failed to get the most basic parts of government to work. So that was – I think that part was maybe worse than even my low expectations.”

The bad feeling now appears to be mutual between Trump and Thiel, with Trump expressing disappointment to the donor that he “expected a lot more” from Thiel this election cycle.

Gellman reports that Trump later called Blake Masters — one of Thiel’s failed 2022 candidates who lost a Senate race in Arizona — to tell him that Thiel was a “f****** son of a bitch.”

However, he did say he would not try to become a “never-Trump” Republican in the future, despite calling Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election “not helpful.”

Thiel claims he’s done pumping money into the Republican Party for now.

“There’s always a chance I might change my mind,” Thiel said. “But talking to you makes it hard for me to change my mind.”

He added that his family and his understanding of how badly candidates want his money should keep him out of politics for now.

“My husband doesn’t want me to give them any more money, and he’s right. I know they’re going to harass me like crazy. And talking to you will ban me from the 2024 cycle.”

However, Thiel has suggested he will support Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in 2024.

The interview comes at the end of a difficult year for Thiel in both his political and personal life, which began with the March suicide of his friend Jeff Thomas, who jumped to his death from a Miami apartment building.

Thomas had a three-year relationship with PayPal co-founder Thiel, who set him up in a $13 million dollar mansion tucked away in the Hollywood Hills, gave him lavish European trips, a $300,000 sports car, and access to the most coveted parties donated. in the city.

And now their circle of friends believes that Thomas’ death, a suspected suicide, was at least partially related to his depression over the incident, after which he was cut off financially from Thiel’s generosity.

Thiel declined to comment on Thomas, citing his ex-ex’s family wants privacy.

However, he briefly criticized those who tried to make dirt on the relationship, telling Gellman that “the nihilism plaguing American politics runs even deeper than I knew.”

Independent researchers and reporter Ryan Grim of The Intercept obtained an exclusive interview with Jeff Thomas that took place before the midterm elections for an unfinished series on Thiel.

Thomas felt compelled to talk about Thiel’s hypocrisy as an active gay man, who is also the biggest funder of Donald Trump’s MAGA movement.

During the interview, Thomas described himself as a “kept” boyfriend of Thiel, whose estimated worth is $8.14 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire’s Index.

Sources told DailyMail.com that the romance between 55-year-old Thiel and 35-year-old Thomas – 20 years his junior – was an “open secret” in elite gay circles, especially in Los Angeles.

Their circle of friends believes Thomas’ death, a suspected suicide, was at least partially related to his depression after a messy confrontation with Thiel’s husband, after which he was cut off financially from Thiel’s generosity.

Some witnesses say the incident was “publicly humiliating” for Thomas. Nearly 100 guests attended the event at Thiel’s lavish estate on Rivo Alto Island – one of the man-made Venetian islands in Biscayne Bay – including close friends of the couple and employees of Thiel Capital.

On March 8, weeks after the New Year’s Eve confrontation, Thomas died after falling from the balcony of his Miami apartment building.

There is no question of any misconduct on the part of Peter Theil.

Friends witnessed the decline of Thomas’ mental health after the trauma at the New Year’s Eve party.

The German-American venture capitalist struck up a relationship with Thomas in late 2019 – sometime before the COVID-19 pandemic.

The stunning model provided physical intimacy and in return, Thiel provided Thomas with financial support and financial stability, a source told DailyMail.com.

But after the New Year’s Eve confrontation, Thomas was cut off financially by Thiel, sources say.