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What I think Peter Thiel imagines is that Donald Trump has a policy, that Trump has an idea of what to do. haven't heard any of those ideas. All I hear is sloganeering, vitriol, personal attacks.

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Reid Hoffman
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 5
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