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littlemissmartypants

(34,651 posts)
Thu May 28, 2026, 08:52 PM Thursday

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 Thursday OP
Just like a good Nazi. FalloutShelter Thursday #1
Good one! Curious as to any mutual extradition treaty surfered Thursday #2
Since 1997, based on a quick search. niyad Thursday #6
And sadly for Herr Thiel, that Chucky-doll Milei's days in the Casa Rosada are numbered. peppertree Yesterday #41
Thank you for this important information. niyad Yesterday #42
You're very welcome. It is what it is. peppertree Yesterday #43
Some of the article is nonsense. Beacool Yesterday #58
The point was that - true or not - that anecdote no doubt made said townhouse that much more attractive to Thiel peppertree Yesterday #60
There is, and since WWII has been, a huge contingent of nazis in Argentina. BComplex Yesterday #68
We had even more here, remember. peppertree Yesterday #70
I'm on the east coast...I had no idea Escondido had a bunch of nazis! BComplex Yesterday #71
Oh, yeah. I knew a few of their descendants - and they're VERY proud of it. peppertree 9 hrs ago #87
Do you know homegirl Yesterday #49
They do - but with caveats peppertree Yesterday #56
Don't cry for Thiel, Argentina. n/t aggiesal Yesterday #80
"The truth is, he never loved you..." peppertree 20 hrs ago #83
Very clever ... aggiesal 19 hrs ago #84
Gracias, che. peppertree 10 hrs ago #85
Yeah, he's following in the footsteps of his fascist buddies Eichmann and Mengele. LudwigPastorius Yesterday #36
My first thought was were Nazis go to hide JT45242 Yesterday #51
Some hid openly right here. Beacool Yesterday #59
He will be right at home in Nazi haven. wnylib Yesterday #75
Maduro proved, we could get him if we wanted Johonny Thursday #3
Vastly more complicated RetiredParatrooper Yesterday #37
U.S. taxpayers should stop giving money to Palantir dalton99a Thursday #4
And cancel all his contracts, get him off our government, and cut his income stream. diane in sf Thursday #7
Oh fuck off, Dead Asleep,Thiel. Didn't PEDO Cha Thursday #25
Maybe he can see where this disaster is headed PatSeg Yesterday #45
That's more like it, Pat. Rats jumping Cha Yesterday #72
Just when the monsters seemed indestructible and inevitable! PatSeg Yesterday #74
Indeed, what you said. Cha Yesterday #78
Adios, pelotudo! JoseBalow Thursday #5
I can only hope that Thiel gets everything that he so richly deserves UpInArms Thursday #8
Alone as well as in pain nt drmeow Thursday #10
He's such a hateful person Katcat Thursday #12
Reading the tea leaves UpInArms Thursday #17
Argentina currently has a far right wing populist as head of state AZProgressive Thursday #20
Both are fucking narcissistic weirdos wolfie001 Yesterday #47
Bon debarras BeneteauBum Thursday #9
Any way we can get him drmeow Thursday #11
Stop two in the traditional Nazi escape tour. Buns_of_Fire Thursday #13
Thiel thinks he'll be out of reach, but certain agencies know better meow2u3 Thursday #19
Be careful, Thiel. Where there's a way, there's a Hague. Joinfortmill Yesterday #54
The Rat Line mokeyz Thursday #22
The NAZIs fled there too. Historic NY Thursday #14
typical Criminal Nazi proud patriot Thursday #15
Let's make it so he can't come back! Initech Thursday #16
I wonder if this is related to the Epstein Files? JohnnyRingo Thursday #18
He should be banned in California and denied re entry. kimbutgar Thursday #21
That's where all good Nazis scram when the heat is on. Swede Thursday #23
I wondered the same thing popsdenver Yesterday #50
Surprised he has to go Tree Lady Thursday #24
I figured they'd Faux pas Thursday #26
I believe the saying is "good riddance to bad rubbish" - nt TBF Thursday #27
Bye Peter ... don't let the door hit you on the way out FakeNoose Thursday #28
Ol' Thiel should do an AI search regarding Argentina. valleyrogue Thursday #29
Yes but the Far Right Gov't there has to allow it. I'm thinking okaawhatever Yesterday #33
Stay there! BlueWaveNeverEnd Yesterday #30
So, he's giving up on his hope of making the US an apartheid nation? Attilatheblond Yesterday #31
Dr.Frankenstein's monster (Trump) has him on the run. oasis Yesterday #32
Argentina does have some experience in accommodating German right wing extremists DFW Yesterday #34
And may his dentist (Dr. Christian Szell) constantly ask him: "Is It Safe?" ahnakneemoose Yesterday #35
Oh no! Ray Bruns Yesterday #38
Is Mr. Thiel running away because he thinks he might end up in prison? Multichromatic Yesterday #39
Peter Thiel's role in getting undervotes (people who voted but skipped voting for the President) in 2016 & '24 Botany Yesterday #40
I'm sure all the other Nazis will make him welcome.... n/t TygrBright Yesterday #44
Let's hope Argentina whipsaws to the left and Peter can't leave. Crowman2009 Yesterday #46
Maybe the blood boy scene is better in Argentina. BannonsLiver Yesterday #48
We The People gave this country 20 billion to serve as a safe haven for these nazis. travelingthrulife Yesterday #52
Zuck, Bezos, and Ellison will be taking the easy way out. Initech Yesterday #65
Good riddance. You can't hide forever. TickTock, you ghoul. Joinfortmill Yesterday #53
Quick....send Magneto purr-rat beauty Yesterday #55
If Only It Was His Stench Being Left Behind! The Roux Comes First Yesterday #57
Fits with snot Yesterday #61
That's what Nazis do when their fuhrer starts circling the bowl. 11 Bravo Yesterday #62
traitor. they still can kidnap him. wink wink, nudge nudge. he's RICH. pansypoo53219 Yesterday #63
Fuck! So that means we can't arrest him when we're back in power. Initech Yesterday #64
Could he please take Elon and Trump with him? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Yesterday #66
Good luck to the Argentinian people... WestMichRad Yesterday #67
Trump is next. usonian Yesterday #69
Like that timeless rap video ends: Auf Wiedersehen, good to see ya, got a one way ticket to Argentina! DFW Yesterday #73
Hmmmm... surfered 23 hrs ago #81
+1 dalton99a 21 hrs ago #82
He will probably try to rig our elections from there JBTaurus83 Yesterday #76
I mean it does make sense Quanto Magnus Yesterday #77
The Anti-Christ has left the building. Midnight Writer Yesterday #79
He should feel at home. "Payoffs, kickbacks and government corruption are considered part of everyday life" in Argentina Emile 10 hrs ago #86

FalloutShelter

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

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

peppertree

(23,489 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
Yesterday

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

(23,489 posts)
43. You're very welcome. It is what it is.
Fri May 29, 2026, 10:05 AM
Yesterday

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

(30,526 posts)
58. Some of the article is nonsense.
Fri May 29, 2026, 01:03 PM
Yesterday

"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

(23,489 posts)
60. The point was that - true or not - that anecdote no doubt made said townhouse that much more attractive to Thiel
Fri May 29, 2026, 01:14 PM
Yesterday

And I'm with you on your point about Argentina's copious, and very diverse, wave of European immigration in the 1880-1950 era.

Over 6 million in all - in a country with only 2 million people in 1880.

As I once pointed out to another poster, that would be like having China's entire population move to the U.S. between now and 2100.

Suffice it to say - by 2100, U.S. culture would look very different. And that's just what happened down there.

BComplex

(9,979 posts)
68. There is, and since WWII has been, a huge contingent of nazis in Argentina.
Fri May 29, 2026, 04:09 PM
Yesterday

In fact, Argentina is where a lot of former nazis of WWII were finally found by the nazi hunters, and some arrested and/or kidnapped and taken to the Nuremberg trials.

peppertree

(23,489 posts)
70. We had even more here, remember.
Fri May 29, 2026, 05:00 PM
Yesterday

2,000 Nazis (many of them war criminals) sneaked in via Operation Paperclip - and up to 10,000 if you include dependents.

I can tell you that some of the antique shops in Escondido, CA, look like Third Reich museums.

BComplex

(9,979 posts)
71. I'm on the east coast...I had no idea Escondido had a bunch of nazis!
Fri May 29, 2026, 05:09 PM
Yesterday

That's really awful!

peppertree

(23,489 posts)
87. Oh, yeah. I knew a few of their descendants - and they're VERY proud of it.
Sat May 30, 2026, 10:52 AM
9 hrs ago

All rabid Republicans, of course. One later moved to Idaho, to flee "soshilism."

He liked recounting how his father (the Nazi) ended up fighting on the other side of his own brother (a "black sheep" who had emigrated to the U.S. before World War II - and then, God bless him, fought in it for the U.S.).

By my number, he missed out on at least $1 million in equity.

peppertree

(23,489 posts)
56. They do - but with caveats
Fri May 29, 2026, 11:47 AM
Yesterday

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.

peppertree

(23,489 posts)
83. "The truth is, he never loved you..."
Sat May 30, 2026, 12:29 AM
20 hrs ago

"All through Thiel's wild days, his mad existence...He kept no promise - so keep your distance..."


aggiesal

(10,940 posts)
84. Very clever ...
Sat May 30, 2026, 01:13 AM
19 hrs ago

Last edited Sat May 30, 2026, 10:21 AM - Edit history (1)

I used to know all the words for all the songs.
But I haven't watched Evita in some time.
Maybe I'll make an effort to watch it this weekend.

When I first watched it, I was shocked that it was all song and very little dialog.
I watched it several more time and really got into it.
Same thing happened with Hamilton but for a different reason.
Evita was classic Broadway, while Hamilton was predominately Hip Hop.
I had to get used to the cadence.

JT45242

(4,161 posts)
51. My first thought was were Nazis go to hide
Fri May 29, 2026, 11:06 AM
Yesterday

That weasel will hopefully find some awful disease to contract.

Cha

(320,937 posts)
25. Oh fuck off, Dead Asleep,Thiel. Didn't PEDO
Thu May 28, 2026, 11:12 PM
Thursday

"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

(53,675 posts)
45. Maybe he can see where this disaster is headed
Fri May 29, 2026, 10:38 AM
Yesterday

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.

Cha

(320,937 posts)
72. That's more like it, Pat. Rats jumping
Fri May 29, 2026, 05:12 PM
Yesterday

ship. Because he's ying abou the excuses.

PatSeg

(53,675 posts)
74. Just when the monsters seemed indestructible and inevitable!
Fri May 29, 2026, 05:34 PM
Yesterday

If someone like Thiel is "jumping ship", there must be others who are on the same page.

When so many of them seemed to be too rich and powerful to stop, it is reassuring that they may know this is a losing proposition.

UpInArms

(55,452 posts)
8. I can only hope that Thiel gets everything that he so richly deserves
Thu May 28, 2026, 09:32 PM
Thursday

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

Katcat

(630 posts)
12. He's such a hateful person
Thu May 28, 2026, 10:10 PM
Thursday

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

(55,452 posts)
17. Reading the tea leaves
Thu May 28, 2026, 10:32 PM
Thursday

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

(30,008 posts)
20. Argentina currently has a far right wing populist as head of state
Thu May 28, 2026, 10:38 PM
Thursday

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

Buns_of_Fire

(19,231 posts)
13. Stop two in the traditional Nazi escape tour.
Thu May 28, 2026, 10:10 PM
Thursday

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
Thursday

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

(109,365 posts)
16. Let's make it so he can't come back!
Thu May 28, 2026, 10:29 PM
Thursday

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

JohnnyRingo

(21,030 posts)
18. I wonder if this is related to the Epstein Files?
Thu May 28, 2026, 10:35 PM
Thursday

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

popsdenver

(2,687 posts)
50. I wondered the same thing
Fri May 29, 2026, 11:05 AM
Yesterday

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

Tree Lady

(13,399 posts)
24. Surprised he has to go
Thu May 28, 2026, 11:00 PM
Thursday

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

valleyrogue

(2,804 posts)
29. Ol' Thiel should do an AI search regarding Argentina.
Thu May 28, 2026, 11:33 PM
Thursday

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
Yesterday

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

Attilatheblond

(9,335 posts)
31. So, he's giving up on his hope of making the US an apartheid nation?
Fri May 29, 2026, 12:14 AM
Yesterday

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

DFW

(60,501 posts)
34. Argentina does have some experience in accommodating German right wing extremists
Fri May 29, 2026, 01:36 AM
Yesterday

I guess their expertise in the field has not abated.

Botany

(77,953 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
Yesterday

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

(3,609 posts)
46. Let's hope Argentina whipsaws to the left and Peter can't leave.
Fri May 29, 2026, 10:48 AM
Yesterday

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

travelingthrulife

(5,652 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
Yesterday

Hopefully they squeezed more out of Thiel.

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

Initech

(109,365 posts)
65. Zuck, Bezos, and Ellison will be taking the easy way out.
Fri May 29, 2026, 03:26 PM
Yesterday

And joining Theil so they will escape justice.

snot

(11,861 posts)
61. Fits with
Fri May 29, 2026, 03:03 PM
Yesterday

our neo-colonial push to replace liberal South Ameriican leaders with US-compliant dictators.

And fwiw, remember this? "Bush Family Paraguay Hideaway": https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/esp_sociopol_bush53.htm

Initech

(109,365 posts)
64. Fuck! So that means we can't arrest him when we're back in power.
Fri May 29, 2026, 03:26 PM
Yesterday

That fucking Nazi scumbag needs to face justice. Fuck Peter Thiel and his bullshit Palantir company.

DFW

(60,501 posts)
73. Like that timeless rap video ends: Auf Wiedersehen, good to see ya, got a one way ticket to Argentina!
Fri May 29, 2026, 05:12 PM
Yesterday

Emile

(43,462 posts)
86. He should feel at home. "Payoffs, kickbacks and government corruption are considered part of everyday life" in Argentina
Sat May 30, 2026, 10:09 AM
10 hrs ago

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