Palantir Founder: Trump Shouldn't Have Attacked Iran

It was during a private lecture on October 12 that Peter Thiel, co-founder of the AI ​​company Palantir Technologies, questioned the Trump administration's choice to attack Iran on February 28 of this year.

- I'm skeptical (of the war), I don't think we should have done it. There were a lot of mistakes, Thiel said, according to an audio recording obtained by Politico.

This is the first time the Palantir founder has publicly criticized the war in Iran. The statement, which is made just over two weeks before the midterm elections, is also one of the clearest examples of a Trump ally who "expresses deep concern about the conflict", writes the American newspaper.

Thiel was the first major tech entrepreneur to express support for Donald Trump when he campaigned to become US president in 2016. Although he now criticizes Trump, the tech billionaire believes that Trump still has his support.

During the autumn, Thiel has held a series of lectures in the American city of Nashville. In previous lectures, he has said, among other things, that the International Criminal Court has uncontrolled power, and told about a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2024. According to Thiel, he asked Israel's leader what plans he had for Gaza at that time.

- I can't just "Dresdenize" it, Netanyahu is said to have replied, referring to the Allied bombing of the German city of Dresden during World War II that killed around 25,000 people, reports Politico.

The White House and Peter Thiel declined to comment on the statement.