Peter Thiel's gamble against the 'somewhat fake California thing' 17.10.2022 · If Masters and Vance win, so does Thiel’s vision for the GOP. It’s a vision of moving beyond the country club, NAFTA Republicans; it’s a more buttoned-up, competent version of Trumpism, capable of translating the former President’s blustery anti-establishment, anti-technocrat rhetoric into an actual social and economic program.