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littlemissmartypants

(34,601 posts)
Thu May 28, 2026, 08:52 PM 16 hrs ago

Peter Thiel has moved to Argentina

Peter Thiel has had his hands in so much fuckery to destroy the United States that it's no surprise he's bailing out. Our government is full of Palantir employees but he's trying to get beyond extradition reach in Argentina. Leaving his stink behind and dodging responsibility. 1/

capitolhunters (@capitolhunters.bsky.social) 2026-05-28T23:28:34.791Z

Reporters need quotes from Peter's political proteges: his first two Senatorial projects, Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley, the two who were seen by other Senators as planning Jan 6, the two who stood to object to the electoral vote. And Thiel's hand-picked VP JD Vance, the now-abandoned heir apparent. 2/

capitolhunters (@capitolhunters.bsky.social) 2026-05-28T23:28:34.792Z

The NYT story is heavily curated by Peter's allies, all granted anonymity. Their takes are dutifully transcribed without any pushback. Peter knows how to work the press: in 2023, he got media to reprint the false claim that he was "done with politics" - right before he chose Vance as our VP. 3/

capitolhunters (@capitolhunters.bsky.social) 2026-05-28T23:28:34.793Z

There were hints already on May 19, when JD Vance semi-praised the pope's encyclical, which everyone knew would criticize Peter's megalomaniacal AI dreams. Vance had been shockingly disrespectful to the pope earlier, when he felt safe as Peter's sidekick... 4/

capitolhunters (@capitolhunters.bsky.social) 2026-05-28T23:28:34.794Z

The encyclical was even stronger than expected, a righteous broadside against Thiel and Vance and a call for humanity. Now Thiel is working the press on why he's fleeing to Argentina and Vance is trying to pretend he's always been a good Catholic. He knows his patron is abandoning him. 5/

capitolhunters (@capitolhunters.bsky.social) 2026-05-28T23:28:34.795Z
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Peter Thiel has moved to Argentina (Original Post) littlemissmartypants 16 hrs ago OP
Just like a good Nazi. FalloutShelter 16 hrs ago #1
Good one! Curious as to any mutual extradition treaty surfered 16 hrs ago #2
Since 1997, based on a quick search. niyad 15 hrs ago #6
And sadly for Herr Thiel, that Chucky-doll Milei's days in the Casa Rosada are numbered. peppertree 3 hrs ago #41
Thank you for this important information. niyad 3 hrs ago #42
You're very welcome. It is what it is. peppertree 3 hrs ago #43
Some of the article is nonsense. Beacool 3 min ago #58
Do you know homegirl 2 hrs ago #49
They do - but with caveats peppertree 1 hr ago #56
Yeah, he's following in the footsteps of his fascist buddies Eichmann and Mengele. LudwigPastorius 11 hrs ago #36
My first thought was were Nazis go to hide JT45242 1 hr ago #51
Maduro proved, we could get him if we wanted Johonny 15 hrs ago #3
Vastly more complicated RetiredParatrooper 5 hrs ago #37
U.S. taxpayers should stop giving money to Palantir dalton99a 15 hrs ago #4
And cancel all his contracts, get him off our government, and cut his income stream. diane in sf 15 hrs ago #7
Oh fuck off, Dead Asleep,Thiel. Didn't PEDO Cha 13 hrs ago #25
Maybe he can see where this disaster is headed PatSeg 2 hrs ago #45
Adios, pelotudo! JoseBalow 15 hrs ago #5
I can only hope that Thiel gets everything that he so richly deserves UpInArms 15 hrs ago #8
Alone as well as in pain nt drmeow 15 hrs ago #10
He's such a hateful person Katcat 14 hrs ago #12
Reading the tea leaves UpInArms 14 hrs ago #17
Argentina currently has a far right wing populist as head of state AZProgressive 14 hrs ago #20
Both are fucking narcissistic weirdos wolfie001 2 hrs ago #47
Bon debarras BeneteauBum 15 hrs ago #9
Any way we can get him drmeow 15 hrs ago #11
Stop two in the traditional Nazi escape tour. Buns_of_Fire 14 hrs ago #13
Thiel thinks he'll be out of reach, but certain agencies know better meow2u3 14 hrs ago #19
Be careful, Thiel. Where there's a way, there's a Hague. Joinfortmill 1 hr ago #54
The Rat Line mokeyz 14 hrs ago #22
The NAZIs fled there too. Historic NY 14 hrs ago #14
typical Criminal Nazi proud patriot 14 hrs ago #15
Let's make it so he can't come back! Initech 14 hrs ago #16
I wonder if this is related to the Epstein Files? JohnnyRingo 14 hrs ago #18
He should be banned in California and denied re entry. kimbutgar 14 hrs ago #21
That's where all good Nazis scram when the heat is on. Swede 14 hrs ago #23
I wondered the same thing popsdenver 2 hrs ago #50
Surprised he has to go Tree Lady 14 hrs ago #24
I figured they'd Faux pas 13 hrs ago #26
I believe the saying is "good riddance to bad rubbish" - nt TBF 13 hrs ago #27
Bye Peter ... don't let the door hit you on the way out FakeNoose 13 hrs ago #28
Ol' Thiel should do an AI search regarding Argentina. valleyrogue 13 hrs ago #29
Yes but the Far Right Gov't there has to allow it. I'm thinking okaawhatever 11 hrs ago #33
Stay there! BlueWaveNeverEnd 13 hrs ago #30
So, he's giving up on his hope of making the US an apartheid nation? Attilatheblond 12 hrs ago #31
Dr.Frankenstein's monster (Trump) has him on the run. oasis 12 hrs ago #32
Argentina does have some experience in accommodating German right wing extremists DFW 11 hrs ago #34
And may his dentist (Dr. Christian Szell) constantly ask him: "Is It Safe?" ahnakneemoose 11 hrs ago #35
Oh no! Ray Bruns 4 hrs ago #38
Is Mr. Thiel running away because he thinks he might end up in prison? Multichromatic 4 hrs ago #39
Peter Thiel's role in getting undervotes (people who voted but skipped voting for the President) in 2016 & '24 Botany 3 hrs ago #40
I'm sure all the other Nazis will make him welcome.... n/t TygrBright 2 hrs ago #44
Let's hope Argentina whipsaws to the left and Peter can't leave. Crowman2009 2 hrs ago #46
Maybe the blood boy scene is better in Argentina. BannonsLiver 2 hrs ago #48
We The People gave this country 20 billion to serve as a safe haven for these nazis. travelingthrulife 1 hr ago #52
Good riddance. You can't hide forever. TickTock, you ghoul. Joinfortmill 1 hr ago #53
Quick....send Magneto purr-rat beauty 1 hr ago #55
If Only It Was His Stench Being Left Behind! The Roux Comes First 44 min ago #57

FalloutShelter

(14,665 posts)
1. Just like a good Nazi.
Thu May 28, 2026, 09:02 PM
16 hrs ago

Want some nightmare inducing reading about what this Schlick is pushing read up on Transhumanism
And also Dark Enlightenment.

peppertree

(23,482 posts)
41. And sadly for Herr Thiel, that Chucky-doll Milei's days in the Casa Rosada are numbered.
Fri May 29, 2026, 09:42 AM
3 hrs ago

You see: No matter how Milei and his money-laundering Economy Minister Caputo spin it, the economy down there is awful for most people - and that's despite three bumper crops in a row, and an oil export boom (which Milei largely inherited).

Add to that the mounting corruption scandals involving Milei, his witch-doctor sister, and his chief of staff on down - and the stage is set for his resounding defeat in the October 2027 elections.

The likely winner - center-left Buenos Aires Province Governor Axel Kicillof - is both charismatic and has a very good record as governor despite 7 of the most challenging years in Argentine memory (and that, as you know, is saying a lot).

And while he's unlikely to bother Thiel in any way (except through a U.S. court order), the Namibian Nazi is unlikely to stay in a country governed by a left-wing Jew.

Polls already have Kicillof well ahead in the head-to-heads - especially in RW former President Mauricio Macri ("Mr. Macrisis" ) throws his beach hat in the ring.

Of course...Milei is very much counting on Needy Amin to put his fat, hepatitis-ridden thumb on the scale for him again in '27 - like he did for the '25 Midterms with the U.S. taxpayer-funded bailout.

So quién sabe.

Who knows.

peppertree

(23,482 posts)
43. You're very welcome. It is what it is.
Fri May 29, 2026, 10:05 AM
3 hrs ago

Here's the townhouse he recently bought in an upscale Buenos Aires section:



The 8,000 ft² townhouse, on 2924 Dardo Rocha Street, was designed in the 1920s by the same Argentine architect (Alejandro Bustillo) who - unwittingly - designed what's widely believed to be Adolf Hitler's post-war hideout cabin in Patagonia.

I suspect that might've helped seal the seal for Herr Thiel.

It's also just across the street from the residence of Susana Giménez - the rabidly right-wing (and ethically challenged) "queen of Argentine talk" (gossip, would be more like it).

At US$12 million, it was a record for any single property purchased in Buenos Aires.

Beacool

(30,525 posts)
58. Some of the article is nonsense.
Fri May 29, 2026, 01:03 PM
3 min ago

"designed what's widely believed to be Adolf Hitler's post-war hideout cabin in Patagonia." Seriously? Hitler did not survive and moved to Argentina. That's as batshit crazy as all the Alt-Right and MAGA conspiracy theories. Yes, some Nazis moved to Argentina, but there were German colonies in Argentina decades before WWII. Argentina was very wealthy at the time and, after the U.S., it was the second country to receive the largest number of European immigrants during the great migration. Their population doubled every six years thanks to the massive wave of immigrants, mostly Southern Italians and Spanish from Galicia. Although, Germans, Poles, Russians escaping the pogroms, British, Irish, Welsh, etc., also emigrated to Argentina. Most of the Welsh settled in Patagonia, some of the Germans too.

peppertree

(23,482 posts)
56. They do - but with caveats
Fri May 29, 2026, 11:47 AM
1 hr ago

Argentina - like many nations - will not extradite anyone they have reason to believe will face the death penalty.

The most recent such example, as far as Argentina, is of Kurt Sonnenfeld - a FEMA videographer who was charged with murdering his wife in 2002.

Sonnenfeld - who shot the last FEMA footage taken of the World Trade Center before 9/11, as well as some of the first from after the attack - has long suggested that his wife may have been murdered by the Bush regime in retaliation for his questioning the official story.

His murder charge was in fact initially dropped - before being unexpectedly refiled by prosecutors (i.e. someone in Washington made phone calls - if so, probably the eminently greasy John Ashcroft). Sonnenfeld left for Argentina at that point - and has lived there ever since.

He was almost extradited in 2015 - when then-President Cristina Kirchner (herself a neo-con target) granted him political asylum just days before leaving office.

So, yes - while Argentina has an extradition treaty with the U.S. (and many other countries), presidents reserve the right to override such orders. And this authoritarian Chucky-doll Milei definitely would, for those he sees as backers.

That's assuming, of course, that he'll be re-elected in '27 - which now looks very unlikely, given his mounting corruption scandals and the worsening Mileise.

JT45242

(4,159 posts)
51. My first thought was were Nazis go to hide
Fri May 29, 2026, 11:06 AM
1 hr ago

That weasel will hopefully find some awful disease to contract.

Cha

(320,879 posts)
25. Oh fuck off, Dead Asleep,Thiel. Didn't PEDO
Thu May 28, 2026, 11:12 PM
13 hrs ago

"lower taxes for Billionaires"? So what are you fucking whining about? What "regulations"?!!

You'd better come up with better excuses than those, Groesque Idiot..

PatSeg

(53,644 posts)
45. Maybe he can see where this disaster is headed
Fri May 29, 2026, 10:38 AM
2 hrs ago

If Thiel is intent on fleeing, that could be a positive sign. He pretty much got what he wanted as far as government goes, so he must be seeing a bigger picture on the horizon.

UpInArms

(55,443 posts)
8. I can only hope that Thiel gets everything that he so richly deserves
Thu May 28, 2026, 09:32 PM
15 hrs ago

in spades … I hope he has a miserable illness that debilitates him and he dies a slow painful inexorable death

Katcat

(623 posts)
12. He's such a hateful person
Thu May 28, 2026, 10:10 PM
14 hrs ago

But he’s been allowed to do as he pleases so why is he leaving now? I was under the impression that he was one of the architects of P2025

UpInArms

(55,443 posts)
17. Reading the tea leaves
Thu May 28, 2026, 10:32 PM
14 hrs ago

Knowing that the people in the US have had it with the billionaire class that thinks they can abuse everyone and everything.

The rich will be divested of their holdings to pay for the damage they have caused

AZProgressive

(30,005 posts)
20. Argentina currently has a far right wing populist as head of state
Thu May 28, 2026, 10:38 PM
14 hrs ago

I think he likes the current politics and austerity going on in Argentina

Buns_of_Fire

(19,229 posts)
13. Stop two in the traditional Nazi escape tour.
Thu May 28, 2026, 10:10 PM
14 hrs ago

He might want to check with Adolf Eichmann to see how that worked out.

meow2u3

(25,252 posts)
19. Thiel thinks he'll be out of reach, but certain agencies know better
Thu May 28, 2026, 10:37 PM
14 hrs ago

IOW, if the Mossad can capture and extradite Eichmann to face justice in Israel, the CIA can capture and extradite Thiel to face justice in the States once Trump and his gang are no more.

Initech

(109,349 posts)
16. Let's make it so he can't come back!
Thu May 28, 2026, 10:29 PM
14 hrs ago

Fuck Peter Thiel, no circle of hell is good enough for that asshole.

JohnnyRingo

(21,020 posts)
18. I wonder if this is related to the Epstein Files?
Thu May 28, 2026, 10:35 PM
14 hrs ago

Maybe his lawyer tipped him off that someone is going to come out with a viable suit.
see: Roman Polanski

popsdenver

(2,679 posts)
50. I wondered the same thing
Fri May 29, 2026, 11:05 AM
2 hrs ago

Isn't that where countless upper level NAZIs went to disappear, including Menghle??????????

Tree Lady

(13,398 posts)
24. Surprised he has to go
Thu May 28, 2026, 11:00 PM
14 hrs ago

Trumps people get away with everything, surely Trump could have covered for him.

valleyrogue

(2,801 posts)
29. Ol' Thiel should do an AI search regarding Argentina.
Thu May 28, 2026, 11:33 PM
13 hrs ago

Since 2000, Argentina has an extradition treaty with the U.S.

okaawhatever

(9,571 posts)
33. Yes but the Far Right Gov't there has to allow it. I'm thinking
Fri May 29, 2026, 01:07 AM
11 hrs ago

promising no extradition was agreed upon before he invested hundreds of millions of dollars there.

Attilatheblond

(9,322 posts)
31. So, he's giving up on his hope of making the US an apartheid nation?
Fri May 29, 2026, 12:14 AM
12 hrs ago

Or did he finally see that JD isn't the bright boy he hoped for?

DFW

(60,500 posts)
34. Argentina does have some experience in accommodating German right wing extremists
Fri May 29, 2026, 01:36 AM
11 hrs ago

I guess their expertise in the field has not abated.

Botany

(77,944 posts)
40. Peter Thiel's role in getting undervotes (people who voted but skipped voting for the President) in 2016 & '24
Fri May 29, 2026, 09:33 AM
3 hrs ago

and in the Ohio Senate races in 2022 & 2024 along with his Palantir’s “Digital Janitor “ that didn’t
flip or delete votes but hid that it happened are just as big as Musk’s rat fucking of the vote. So it is time for him to flee the scene of the crime. He doesn’t want to be around when Donny goes down.

Even if you don’t buy into “This will hold” substack you can see Theil in his own words admitting to getting
technology to overcome the citizens vote and see the email that Epstein sent him after the 2016 election.

And to top it off, the latest tranche of Epstein files revealed that in the months leading up to the 2016 election, Epstein colluded with Peter Thiel and Russia to rig it for Donald Trump. Then, on election night 2016, Epstein sent a one word email to Peter Thiel:

“Wow”

https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/merrick-garland-and-the-octopus



Crowman2009

(3,607 posts)
46. Let's hope Argentina whipsaws to the left and Peter can't leave.
Fri May 29, 2026, 10:48 AM
2 hrs ago

Because the people there are getting pissed about this chainsaw wielding libertarian dickhead in charge.

travelingthrulife

(5,644 posts)
52. We The People gave this country 20 billion to serve as a safe haven for these nazis.
Fri May 29, 2026, 11:07 AM
1 hr ago

Hopefully they squeezed more out of Thiel.

Glad to see him gone, now take away all the money that has been sent his way.

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