If the article is to be believed, this is not just "some friend", it's someone Altman would want to spend the rest of his life with in the event of a catastroph

If the article is to be believed, this is not just "some friend", it's someone Altman would want to spend the rest of his life with in the event of a catastrophe: it's his favorite human being on the planet. And it's not just one's opinions or even party affiliation; Thiel is working very hard and very publicly to get Trump elected.