Peter Thiel is the infamous co-founder of Palantir, the "private" surveillance firm with a long history of involvement and collaboration with the CIA. Thiel is also a Steering Committee Member of the Bilderberg Group, the infamously secretive group which represents the interests of the hidden ruling class.

Now, in the second Trump administration, Thiel's influence is more visible than ever as numerous associates and acolytes of his are set to play various influential roles.

I've previously reported how Thiel and others in the right-wing of Big Tech decided to go all-in on Donald Trump's 2024 campaign. They argued that this was a defensive move to protect their industries from the encroachment of the Biden/Harris administration. However, despite the hesitance of many of the Silicon Valley CEO's to embrace Trump in 2016 and 2020, Thiel has a long history of supporting the two-time president.

In 2016, Thiel donated $1.25 million to Donald Trump's first presidential campaign. Despite claiming to have tired of politics and not publicly supporting Trump in 2020 and 2024, Thiel was absolutely a behind-the-scenes advocate for a 2nd Trump term.

While speaking at the All In Summit in early October 2024, Thiel claimed that while he was not donating money to any political candidate, he was still supporting Donald Trump and now-Vice President JD Vance "in every other way possible".

"I am still very strongly pro-Trump, pro-J.D.," Thiel said.

Despite his years long embrace of Donald Trump, it is also worth noting that Thiel collaborated with the Biden administration. In 2021, I reported on how the Biden administration was receiving criticism for continuing Trump's plans for a border wall in the form of a "virtual" or biometric wall.

One of the contractors for the virtual wall was Anduril Industries, founded by Trump donor Palmer Luckey with funding from Peter Thiel. The message was clear — whether with Trump, Biden, or Harris the U.S. is getting a biometric surveillance state with Digital IDs.

Fast forward to 2025, and now that Trump and Vance are occupying the White House, numerous Thiel-affiliated companies are expected to see a big boost in financial revenue.

For example, recently Thiel's Palantir and Anduril, as well as SpaceX and OpenAI, announced a partnership on U.S. military contracts. The move marks the latest efforts by the Technocrats to replace the old guard of the Military Industrial Complex — companies like Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and Boeing.