In a series of recent talks and interviews, most recently behind closed doors in Paris, as reported by Le Monde and Politico, the billionaire investor and close ally of President Donald Trump has sketched a worldview in which environmentalism, technology regulation, and global governance are not just political disagreements, but spiritual markers of an end-times struggle over the future of the West.
In lectures on Christianity delivered to select audiences, Thiel has argued the Antichrist in the 21st century will not resemble the stereotypical mad scientist, but rather a self-described protector who promises peace, safety, and an end to technological risk. Drawing on apocalyptic passages from the Bible, he portrays an approaching choice between a “one‑world state” aligned with the Antichrist and an Armageddon‑style collapse if that project fails, framing both scenarios as live possibilities for contemporary politics and technology.