Thiel, born in Germany and moved to the U.S. as a child, poured $30 million into pro-Trump campaigns this year.
report, although his intentions behind the citizenship are not yet clear.Getty Imagesreported is listed as a vacation rental on Airbnb for $180 a night—despite Malta’s citizenship requirementsAlthough a Malta citizenship would not provide Thiel with a significantreported, it could provide him a multi-million-dollar compound and an escape from the U.S.
Thiel, a self-described conservative libertarian who co-founded Palantir Technologies and PayPal and served on Facebook’s board of directors until February, hasroughly $30 million into GOP campaigns ahead of the November midterm elections, Politico reported. Candidates he’s funded include fellow venture capitalists Blake Masters, who is running for a seat in Arizona, and J.D. Vance, in Ohio—both were endorsed by former President Donald Trump.
Citizenship in Malta would give Thiel his third passport—he obtained New Zealand citizenship in 2011 after the country determined his “entrepreneurial skills” made his citizenship in the public’s interest.
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