- Palantir built ICE's surveillance infrastructure. The technology concentrates power, and with the current government have zero oversight means this is a dangerous game that is being played. [0]

- Thiel has literally said that freedom and democracy are not compatible. [1]

- He has suggested conservatives should stage a military coup. [1]

- Secretly funded Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against Gawker Media, thereby all but destroying it.

- He still believes and pushes the debunked race science.

There's probably many other things I'm missing, but overall he's seems like a not so nice person as far as people go. Overall there is zero reason to trust anything that he has his hands on. Especially not things that matter in a national security context. This applied to all countries, including America.

[0] https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/ice-immigrat...

[1] https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/owne...

[2] https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/may/26/paypal-co-foun...

[3] https://bylinetimes.com/2025/09/18/peter-thiels-race-science...