Peter Thiel predicts Democratic propaganda... Iran war "should not have happened"

Peter Thiel said in a late-September Axel Springer “MD MEETS” interview that if Democrats performed well enough, he would not care whether the party’s 2028 presidential nominee was center-left or far-left, according to BlockTempo. The remarks surfaced after Democrats won majorities in both the House and Senate in the November 3 midterm elections, a sweep Thiel had broadly anticipated but did not specifically forecast. Thiel, co-founder of PayPal ($PYPL) and Palantir ($PLTR), framed the Democratic showing as the key variable for the party’s direction rather than the ideological label of its next standard-bearer. The article also noted Thiel’s view that the Iran war “should not have happened,” tying his foreign-policy criticism to the same interview. The outcome matters because it strengthens the Democratic bench ahead of 2028 and adds to scrutiny of Thiel’s preferred Republican contenders, including JD Vance and Marco Rubio. What to watch next is whether Thiel’s prediction of a strong Democratic performance translates into concrete 2028 candidate positioning and donor alignment.