E138: Presidential Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy in conversation with the Besties

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg

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4.2 • 7.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2023

⏱️ 130 minutes

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Summary

(0:00) Bestie intros!

(1:08) Vivek's background, corporate political / ESG distractions, why he's running for president

(19:16) Energy policy, unemployment work requirements, immigration

(30:24) Foreign policy: How to handle Ukraine/Russia and Taiwan/China

(44:46) Media strategy, Silicon Valley Bank's implosion

(54:09) Thoughts on Trump

(1:06:16) Campaign strategy, establishment appeal

(1:14:10) Social issues: Abolishing the DOE, abortion, trans rights

(1:29:31) Defense budget, Military Industrial Complex, GOP division over Ukraine

(1:39:27) Bestie update!

(1:41:33) Post-interview debrief

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Referenced in the show:

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/07/20/vivek-ramaswamy-pete-buttigieg-00107193

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-primary-r/2024/national/

https://twitter.com/PatrickRuffini/status/1680204156953407488

https://twitter.com/DavidSacks/status/1680205700738211840

https://twitter.com/charliekirk11/status/1680665098765975558

Transcript

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0:00.0	Saxi, can you, can you come outside your window and, and I'm going to start
0:03.4	waving and you see me. You want to see me?
0:05.2	Sax, have two of your butlers hold you up on their shoulders.
0:09.6	I hope this is being taped and part of the show because this is great.
0:12.9	David, you're wearing blue shorts, right?
0:15.0	Yeah. Yeah, I saw you.
0:16.8	Did you see me?
0:17.8	Not in see you. Where are you?
0:19.1	When you look out on the first house, the pink house.
0:21.8	Look at this house. You see that?
0:23.9	I heard you. I couldn't see you, though.
0:25.8	Yeah.
0:27.6	Y'all ain't going to go lunatic.
0:29.6	You're the pink house?
0:31.1	Look, I'm like, can you see me?
0:32.4	Can you see me? Yeah.
0:33.4	No, I'm like, do your right.
0:34.8	If you're looking out, I'm at your right.
0:37.0	Your first house on the right.
0:38.2	Oh, there. Oh, I see you.
0:39.8	You see me?
0:40.8	Yeah.
	...

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