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During their investigation of the purchase of a large estate in New Zealand by Peter Thiel, Matt Nippert and Anne Gibson, reporters for The New Zealand Herald, noticed that certain processes required by the Overseas Investment Act had not been followed. The explanation: Peter Thiel is a NZ citizen and hence wasn't required to follow the procedures for an overseas investment.
If Thiel is so sure that Trump will deliver, why does he need a bolt hole and more importantly, citizenship in another country?
One question being asked was why Mr. Thiel became a New Zealander in 2011. Close behind that was how it happened.
If you like New Zealand enough to want to become a citizen, the country's Internal Affairs Department noted on Wednesday, one requirement is "to have been physically in New Zealand for a minimum of 1,350 days in the five years preceding the citizenship application." Another requirement is that you "continue to reside" there after becoming a citizen.
Mr. Thiel, 49, does not appear to have done either.
[...] If Mr. Thiel was not a resident in New Zealand for the necessary amount of time, an exception must have been made. The government has not responded to questions about whether that happened and, if so, what the reason was.
(Score: 3, Informative) by ikanreed on Friday January 27 2017, @04:49AM
And this is the particular rich, meddlesome fucker who was especially interested in foisting Trump on us.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Friday January 27 2017, @02:16PM
And this is the particular rich, meddlesome fucker who was especially interested in foisting Trump on us.
He made that arrangement in 2011 when Obama was in power. And the original poster has since called for rich people to meddle. It's their "responsibility".
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 27 2017, @03:34PM
> He made that arrangement in 2011
So he saw that things were getting bad and he decided to speed up the collapse.
He's a real peach.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday January 28 2017, @12:43AM
So he saw that things were getting bad and he decided to speed up the collapse.
I doubt Thiel sees it that way.
(Score: 2) by dry on Saturday January 28 2017, @03:03AM
Meddle by building libraries was the example. Encouraging literacy seems like meddling that could help things.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday January 28 2017, @10:08AM
Meddle by building libraries was the example. Encouraging literacy seems like meddling that could help things.
And meddling by getting Trump elected is also the example. What makes your example better than Thiel's example?
(Score: 2) by dry on Sunday January 29 2017, @01:34AM
Electing an authoritarian doesn't usually improve things
(Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday January 29 2017, @09:00AM
Electing an authoritarian doesn't usually improve things
Looking at this, there's a good case for Trump being the lesser of two evils. Sure, he has espoused somewhat strong authoritarian viewpoints than Clinton has. He also has far weaker support than she has for any authoritarian schemes. I can't read minds, but I wouldn't be surprised if Thiel thought she was the greater authoritarian threat.