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littlemissmartypants

(34,739 posts)
Sun May 31, 2026, 09:31 PM 20 hrs ago

Regarding Peter Thiel has moved to Argentina

Does anyone recall the approximately $40 billion that was discreetly transferred to Argentina several months ago?

Just saying.


Peter Thiel has moved to Argentina
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Regarding Peter Thiel has moved to Argentina (Original Post) littlemissmartypants 20 hrs ago OP
Apparently it was a $20 billion currency swap done in October, and Argentina had paid OGBuzz 20 hrs ago #1
Something nefarious going on. Stay tuned. Perhaps a hostile takeover of a state proposed sanctuary for war criminals? OAITW r.2.0 20 hrs ago #2
That's what I'm thinking, Thiel is down there paving the way for the rest. OGBuzz 19 hrs ago #4
Theil might be the tip of the spear. OAITW r.2.0 19 hrs ago #6
Why would anyone believe a word that comes out of Scott Jennings' mouth? Wiz Imp 19 hrs ago #5
Trust me, I think Jennings is the biggest asshole in all of media. He was really trying hard to OGBuzz 18 hrs ago #9
He knows about the antichrist. mr715 20 hrs ago #3
Argentina was where many German Nazis fled to after WWII. Just the place for Thiel. At least he knows where he belongs. Fil1957 19 hrs ago #7
Ratlines in the 1940s IronLionZion 18 hrs ago #8
I had not thought of that. What I was thinking about was how some niyad 18 hrs ago #10
And electronic money transfers. 💰 ❤️ littlemissmartypants 18 hrs ago #11
Yes!!! niyad 18 hrs ago #12
Yeah. I read somewhere about a self governing Figarosmom 18 hrs ago #13
Also, there is no extradition treaty with Argentina. ... aggiesal 18 hrs ago #14
I think you're mistaken... We do have an extradition agreement with Argentina... I just checked Congress.gov. liberalla 17 hrs ago #15
The caveat being... littlemissmartypants 17 hrs ago #18
I found this info on ratification, on the State Dept archived website: liberalla 16 hrs ago #20
Thank you!❤️ littlemissmartypants 16 hrs ago #21
So take that, Peter!!! liberalla 16 hrs ago #22
Precisely! littlemissmartypants 16 hrs ago #23
I found evidence of an extradition treaty with Argentina online. littlemissmartypants 17 hrs ago #16
Yes, that was to keep another Trump buddy hedge fund investor from losing his bet in Argentina and to keep Milei's ChicagoTeamster 17 hrs ago #17
They have a close relationship. littlemissmartypants 17 hrs ago #19
But without taxes, the governments they prey upon wouldn't have the money for them to steal. Musk and Thiel ChicagoTeamster 7 hrs ago #24

OGBuzz

(748 posts)
1. Apparently it was a $20 billion currency swap done in October, and Argentina had paid
Sun May 31, 2026, 09:55 PM
20 hrs ago

all of it back by early January. That's an awful lot going on in 2 short months. According to Scott Jennings the U.S. even made a profit.
With this government how would anyone know?

OAITW r.2.0

(32,749 posts)
2. Something nefarious going on. Stay tuned. Perhaps a hostile takeover of a state proposed sanctuary for war criminals?
Sun May 31, 2026, 10:09 PM
20 hrs ago

OGBuzz

(748 posts)
4. That's what I'm thinking, Thiel is down there paving the way for the rest.
Sun May 31, 2026, 10:40 PM
19 hrs ago

The entire thing is strange, first it was $40 billion, then it was $20 billion, then it got paid back in 2 months with interest. I wonder if anyone outside of Trump's inner circle has seen the receipts.

OAITW r.2.0

(32,749 posts)
6. Theil might be the tip of the spear.
Sun May 31, 2026, 10:58 PM
19 hrs ago

Buying the country would be a good investment for this criminal Epstein class.

Wiz Imp

(10,550 posts)
5. Why would anyone believe a word that comes out of Scott Jennings' mouth?
Sun May 31, 2026, 10:56 PM
19 hrs ago

Nobody on DU should ever be quoting ScottJennings other than to point out he is being an idiot or an asshole or both.

OGBuzz

(748 posts)
9. Trust me, I think Jennings is the biggest asshole in all of media. He was really trying hard to
Sun May 31, 2026, 11:34 PM
18 hrs ago

defend the whole $20 billion on CNN a few weeks back which made me even more suspicious. U.S. hands $20 billion to Javier Milei and gets it all back with interest 2 months later? This may have been the largest heist in history, all in broad daylight.

Fil1957

(922 posts)
7. Argentina was where many German Nazis fled to after WWII. Just the place for Thiel. At least he knows where he belongs.
Sun May 31, 2026, 11:09 PM
19 hrs ago

niyad

(134,332 posts)
10. I had not thought of that. What I was thinking about was how some
Sun May 31, 2026, 11:57 PM
18 hrs ago

people in different places were cheering him being "out of the picture". I asked if they were aware of little things like international phone service and email.

Figarosmom

(13,854 posts)
13. Yeah. I read somewhere about a self governing
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 12:07 AM
18 hrs ago

Utopia they want to build somewhere down there for Rich people too.

I also remember George Bush buying some land down there with an aquifer under it. Seems to me that was in Paraguay which is right above Argentina.

aggiesal

(10,945 posts)
14. Also, there is no extradition treaty with Argentina. ...
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 12:11 AM
18 hrs ago

So when the (D)'s take control of congress, and evidence appears against Thiel, we couldn't have him extradited.
I believe that's why he chose Argentina.

liberalla

(11,251 posts)
15. I think you're mistaken... We do have an extradition agreement with Argentina... I just checked Congress.gov.
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 12:25 AM
17 hrs ago

Not that he still can't fight it and make it difficult...

Hell! if need be, he can flee somewhere else by the time Dems are in control again.

littlemissmartypants

(34,739 posts)
18. The caveat being...
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 12:35 AM
17 hrs ago

About Treaty Documents
The United States Constitution provides that the president “shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make treaties.” Treaties are binding agreements between nations and become part of international law. Treaty Documents are referred to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, where they may be considered and reported. The Senate can consider a treaty on the floor under similar procedures used for legislation. However, the Constitution requires that two-thirds of voting Senators agree for a treaty to be ratified.

The document I found doesn't say it was ratified.

https://www.congress.gov/treaty-document/105th-congress/18/more-info

It's confusing.

Latest Senate Action
10/21/1998
Resolution of advice and consent to ratification agreed to in Senate by Division vote.

https://www.congress.gov/treaty-document/105th-congress/18/resolution-text

As approved: Resolved (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring therein), That the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the Extradition Treaty Between the United States of America and the Argentine Republic, signed at Buenos Aires on June 10, 1997 (Treaty Doc. 105-18), subject to the understanding of subsection (a), the declaration of subsection (b), and the proviso of subsection (c). (a) Understanding.¿ The Senate's advice and consent is subject to the following understanding, which shall be included in the instrument of ratification: Prohibition on Extradition to the International Criminal Court.¿ The United States understands that the protections contained in Article 16 concerning the Rule of Specialty would preclude the resurrender of any person from the United States to the International Criminal Court agreed to in Rome, Italy, on July 17, 1998, unless the United States consents to such resurrender; and the United States shall not consent to the transfer of any person extradited to Argentina by the United States to the International Criminal Court agreed to in Rome, Italy, on July 17, 1998, unless the treaty establishing that Court has entered into force for the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, as required by Article II, section 2 of the United States Constitution. (b) Declaration.¿ The Senate's advice and consent is subject to the following declaration, which shall be binding on the President: Treaty Interpretation.¿ The Senate affirms the applicability to all treaties of the constitutionally based principles of treaty interpretation set forth in Condition (1) of the resolution of ratification of the INF Treaty, approved by the Senate on May 27, 1988, and Condition (8) of the resolution of ratification of the Document Agreed Among the States Parties to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, approved by the Senate on May 14, 1997. (c) Proviso.¿ The resolution of ratification is subject to the following proviso, which shall not be included in the instrument of ratification to be signed by the President: Supremacy of the Constitution.¿ Nothing in the Treaty requires or authorizes legislation or other action by the United States of America that is prohibited by the Constitution of the United States as interpreted by the United States.

Others, please weigh in here. Is it ratified?

liberalla

(11,251 posts)
20. I found this info on ratification, on the State Dept archived website:
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 01:47 AM
16 hrs ago

Argentina (12866) – Treaty on Extradition
TIAS

OFFICE OF TREATY AFFAIRS

JUNE 15, 2000

Treaty signed at Buenos Aires June 10, 1997; Transmitted by the President of the United States of America to the Senate July 30, 1997 (Treaty Doc. 105-18, 105th Cong., 1st Sess.); Reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations October 14, 1998 (S. Ex. Rept. No. 105-23, 105th Cong., 2d Sess.); Advice and consent to ratification by the Senate October 21, 1998; Ratified by the President January 20, 1999; Ratified by Argentina January 14, 2000; Ratifications exchanged at Washington June 14, 2000; Entered into force June 15, 2000.

https://2017-2021.state.gov/12866/

So it looks like it the Treaty is now in effect.

ChicagoTeamster

(1,300 posts)
17. Yes, that was to keep another Trump buddy hedge fund investor from losing his bet in Argentina and to keep Milei's
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 12:35 AM
17 hrs ago

government from collapsing. Was Thiel involved in that?

littlemissmartypants

(34,739 posts)
19. They have a close relationship.
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 12:41 AM
17 hrs ago
https://www.newsweek.com/peter-thiel-links-argentina-left-us-12008274

Thiel has met President Milei on multiple occasions, including a visit to the Casa Rosada Presidential Palace, where the pair discussed political and economic ideas aligned with their shared libertarian outlook, The New York Times reported.

Milei later described one meeting as “wonderful,” saying both men view “taxes as theft,” according to The Buenos Aires Times.

Rather than focusing on specific deals, Milei said the conversation centered on shared ideology and long-term political direction.

“He is an anarcho-capitalist, just as I am philosophically,” the president said, adding that Thiel asked how those ideas could endure beyond his administration.

ChicagoTeamster

(1,300 posts)
24. But without taxes, the governments they prey upon wouldn't have the money for them to steal. Musk and Thiel
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 10:55 AM
7 hrs ago

are the world's richest drug addicts. They put Trump, also an adderall addict (according to staff from Celebrity apprentice) ,adjudicated rapist, supposed child rapist and supposed child murderer (based on what's been reported of the Epstein files) and Vance (who is co-dependent because of his family history of drug abuse which he self reported in his book) in the white house.

Maybe we should really consider the damaging affects of allowing the existence of sociopathic rich predators. They used to be the monarchy. But the world eventually did away with that.

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