Peter Thiel tells Republican convention he is 'proud to be gay'SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel, the only big-name supporter of Donald Trump from the country’s technology hub, spoke on Thursday at the Republican National Convention to urge the country to discard petty cultural battles and turn its attention to solving the United States’ economic decline. Thiel offered a full-throated endorsement of Trump, echoing the Republican candidate’s themes of economic decline while  lambasting economic and foreign policies that have allowed the country to get embroiled in “stupid wars.” “Our nuclear bases still use floppy disks. Our newest fighter jets can’t even fly in the rain,” Thiel said on the final evening of the four-day convention in Cleveland. “Instead of going to Mars, we have invaded the Middle East.” A co-founder of PayPal and an early investor in Facebook Inc  who sits on that company’s board of directors, Thiel is well-known for contrarian and even eccentric views: a Libertarian who supports gay rights and legalizing marijuana, and who has proposed floating cities beyond the government’s reach while encouraging students to drop out of college and start companies. His support of Trump has been both a source of curiosity and the butt of jokes in Silicon Valley, where Trump’s anti-immigrant, anti-trade positions are regarded with horror. Many tech executives lean Democratic, and prominent Republican tech executives such as Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman have also rejected Trump. Thiel, who is gay, was expected to address gay rights in front of a political party whose platform rejects gay marriage and gay rights in general. He stopped short of such an appeal, however, addressing his sexuality only when saying: “I am proud to be gay. I am proud to be a Republican. But most of all, I am proud to be an American.” He is only the second openly gay man to address the Republican National Convention, CNN reported. “When I was a kid, the great debate was about how to defeat the Soviet Union, and we won,” Thiel said. “Now we are told that the great debate is about who gets to use which bathroom. This is a distraction from our real problems. Who cares?” Thiel said his support for Trump was based on the belief that the candidate could address the country’s economic decline. He cited the space program and other government technology achievements as examples of what has been lost. Thiel drew parallels between himself and Trump each as a “builder.” His family emigrated from Germany when Thiel was one year old, and arrived in Cleveland - the city hosting this week’s convention. When Thiel pointed that out, he got loud applause. Back then, Thiel said, “Opportunity was everywhere.” “In 1968, the world’s high-tech capital wasn’t just one city. All of America was high-tech.” politicsNews
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Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Peter Thiel tells Republican convention he is 'proud to be gay'SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel, the only big-name supporter of Donald Trump from the country’s technology hub, spoke on Thursday at the Republican National Convention to urge the country to discard petty cultural battles and turn its attention to solving the United States’ economic decline. Thiel offered a full-throated endorsement of Trump, echoing the Republican candidate’s themes of economic decline while  lambasting economic and foreign policies that have allowed the country to get embroiled in “stupid wars.” “Our nuclear bases still use floppy disks. Our newest fighter jets can’t even fly in the rain,” Thiel said on the final evening of the four-day convention in Cleveland. “Instead of going to Mars, we have invaded the Middle East.” A co-founder of PayPal and an early investor in Facebook Inc  who sits on that company’s board of directors, Thiel is well-known for contrarian and even eccentric views: a Libertarian who supports gay rights and legalizing marijuana, and who has proposed floating cities beyond the government’s reach while encouraging students to drop out of college and start companies. His support of Trump has been both a source of curiosity and the butt of jokes in Silicon Valley, where Trump’s anti-immigrant, anti-trade positions are regarded with horror. Many tech executives lean Democratic, and prominent Republican tech executives such as Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman have also rejected Trump. Thiel, who is gay, was expected to address gay rights in front of a political party whose platform rejects gay marriage and gay rights in general. He stopped short of such an appeal, however, addressing his sexuality only when saying: “I am proud to be gay. I am proud to be a Republican. But most of all, I am proud to be an American.” He is only the second openly gay man to address the Republican National Convention, CNN reported. “When I was a kid, the great debate was about how to defeat the Soviet Union, and we won,” Thiel said. “Now we are told that the great debate is about who gets to use which bathroom. This is a distraction from our real problems. Who cares?” Thiel said his support for Trump was based on the belief that the candidate could address the country’s economic decline. He cited the space program and other government technology achievements as examples of what has been lost. Thiel drew parallels between himself and Trump each as a “builder.” His family emigrated from Germany when Thiel was one year old, and arrived in Cleveland - the city hosting this week’s convention. When Thiel pointed that out, he got loud applause. Back then, Thiel said, “Opportunity was everywhere.” “In 1968, the world’s high-tech capital wasn’t just one city. All of America was high-tech.” politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: peter thief tells republican convention francisco reuters silicon valley investor peter thief supporter donald trump country technology hub spoke thursday republican national convention urge country discard petty cultural battles turn attention solving united states economic decline thief offered endorsement trump echoing republican candidate themes economic decline lambasting economic foreign policies allowed country get embroiled stupid our nuclear bases still use floppy disks our newest fighter jets even fly rain thief said final evening convention cleveland instead going mars invaded middle a papal early investor facebook inc sits company board directors thief contrarian even eccentric views libertarian supports gay rights legalizing marijuana proposed floating cities beyond government reach encouraging students drop college start companies his support trump source curiosity butt jokes silicon valley trump positions regarded horror many tech executives lean democratic prominent republican tech executives rowlett package enterprise co chief executive officer meg hitman also rejected trump thief gay expected address gay rights front political party whose platform rejects gay marriage gay rights general he stopped short appeal however addressing sexuality saying i proud gay i proud republican but i proud he second openly gay man address republican national convention cnn reported when i kid great debate defeat soviet union thief said now told great debate gets use bathroom this distraction real problems who cares thief said support trump based belief candidate could address country economic decline he cited space program government technology achievements examples lost thief drew parallels trump his family emigrated germany thief one year old arrived cleveland city hosting week convention when thief pointed got loud applause back thief said opportunity in world capital one city all america politicsnews