KEY POINTS
  • Peter Thiel said he'd vote for Donald Trump over Joe Biden but he won't provide money to the Republican presumptive nominee's super PAC.
  • Thiel was speaking at the Aspen Ideas Festival.
  • During Donald Trump's first presidential campaign in 2016, Thiel was a major supporter and spoke at the Republican National Convention.

Peter Thiel, once one of Donald Trump's major financial backers in the tech industry, said Thursday that even though he's not providing money to the Republican presumptive nominee's campaign this time around, he'd vote for him over President Joe Biden.

"If you hold a gun to my head, I'll vote for Trump," Thiel said in an interview on stage at the Aspen Ideas Festival. "I'm not going to give any money to his super PAC."