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"Trump supporters take him “seriously, but not literally,” said Thiel — a phrase, Slate’s Will Oremus points out, apparently pulled from an Atlantic essay by Salena Zito. When Trump discusses the Muslim immigration plan or building a wall between the US and Mexico, “what they hear is we're going to have a saner, more sensible immigration policy.”

Yes, but what is that saner, more sensible immigration policy? I'm waiting....

What they hear is a racist dog whistle. If Thiel believes otherwise he's deluding himself.