Please see my response to the sibling comment of yours. As to red states -- no, he didn't single-handedly flip all those rust belt counties of course (if you'r

Please see my response to the sibling comment of yours. As to red states -- no, he didn't single-handedly flip all those rust belt counties of course (if you're looking for a finger to point for that fail, there's good evidence by this point that Hillary's own people did more than their share to basically hamstring their own efforts on that particular front). And of course you can't point to any single factor as solely responsible for a loss of this magnitude -- as I'm sure you understand perfectly well. However, there's good reason to believe that Thiel's endorsement provided a very significant moral boost to Trump's flagging (and in the view of many, basically doomed) campaign at that point -- in addition to the his serving as one of his closest advisors (in particular, as one of his main financial advisors) during this -- yes -- crucial juncture in the campaign.