I mean this is the standard Republican playbook. You missed tax cuts and well cronyism.
However, Thiel needs defense contracts and wants to be a power broker of political power.
For that he needs to get congressional reps and senators.
Trump and the tea party MAGAs are a way to get that influence since it is a "new world order" and displaces Koch and Murdoch as the principal power brokers. The reason Tucker is so pro-Trump is because Murdoch wants to keep his power.
The pro-Putin stance is also a direct play to the MAGAs which is an evolution of the get the US out of Nato crap.
Trump and the tea party MAGAs are a way to get that influence since it is a "new world order" and displaces Koch and Murdoch as the principal power brokers. The reason Tucker is so pro-Trump is because Murdoch wants to keep his power.
The pro-Putin stance is also a direct play to the MAGAs which is an evolution of the get the US out of Nato crap.