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Barack Obama

19 statements across 15 episodes · 3 bullish · 7 bearish · 11 people on the record · first statement May 21, 2020 by Chamath Palihapitiya · said 395 times in 143 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

On the record as a speaker too: Barack Obama's record, appearances and statements → this page counts the times other people say the name.

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brought up most by David Sacks (99), Jason Calacanis (84), Chamath Palihapitiya (84), Glenn Greenwald (13), David Friedberg (11), Tulsi Gabbard (8), Chris Christie (7), Bill Gurley (7)

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2026 36 mentions in 15 episodes 2 per episode
2025 122 mentions in 42 episodes 3 per episode
2024 53 mentions in 17 episodes 3 per episode
2023 55 mentions in 22 episodes 3 per episode
2022 88 mentions in 26 episodes 3 per episode
2021 29 mentions in 15 episodes 2 per episode
2020 12 mentions in 6 episodes 2 per episode

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Everything said about Barack Obama, oldest first

May 21, 2020 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chamath Palihapitiya asserts Obama and Trump manipulated US unemployment statistics
“The unemployment numbers that we have had in the last probably seven or eight years. So during Obama and Trump have been completely manipulated because the number of people that are entirely leaving the workforce is quite high.”
Chamath Palihapitiya May 21, 2020 ▶ 26:02 E3: Modern Cold War, politicizing the pandemic & more with David Sacks & David Friedberg
Apr 1, 2022
Assertion Supported
Sacks: Obama de-escalated military in Syria against his staff's objections
“Obama pulled the plug and he de-escalated in Syria over the objections of his staff.”
David Sacks Apr 1, 2022 ▶ 4:09 E74: Market update, inverted yield curve, immigration, new SPAC rules, $FB smears TikTok and more
May 26, 2022
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Tim Urban: Republican concern over national debt vanished under Donald Trump's tax package
“The classic example, the debt was the worst thing in the world during Obama's presidency, and then Trump comes in office, starts doing up these tax packages that are adding to it, and suddenly it's no problem.”
Tim Urban May 26, 2022 ▶ 11:51 #AIS: Tim Urban on political discourse + Keith Rabois on early-stage investing in 2022
May 28, 2022
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Greenwald: Elon Musk voted for Obama and is a top ACLU donor
“And even now Elon Musk, who voted for Barack Obama in 2012 over Mitt Romney and is one of the largest donors to the ACLU.”
Glenn Greenwald May 28, 2022 ▶ 3:24 #AIS: Glenn Greenwald & Matt Taibbi discuss the new political divide, moderated by David Sacks
May 28, 2022
Assertion Contradicted
Greenwald: Over 10 million Americans voted for Obama twice, then Trump
“There are literally millions of voters in excess of ten million, depending on how you count, but definitely in excess of ten million. Voters who twice voted for Barack Obama in 2008 and 12, and then in 2016 voted for Donald Trump.”
Glenn Greenwald May 28, 2022 ▶ 22:42 #AIS: Glenn Greenwald & Matt Taibbi discuss the new political divide, moderated by David Sacks
Sep 16, 2023
Assertion Partly supported
Gurley: Obama appointed Epic CEO Judith Faulkner as sole corporate IT council member
“In 2009, Obama put her on his Health IT Council. She was the only corporate representative.”
Bill Gurley Sep 16, 2023 ▶ 11:30 All-In Summit: Bill Gurley presents 2,851 Miles
Oct 13, 2023 positive
Opinion
Chamath: Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Vivek Ramaswamy are intellectual outliers
“Clinton as well. Clinton was incredibly steeped in policy. He was excellent. He was intellectually... A massive outlier. Obama is an intellectual outlier. Vivek is an intellectual outlier.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Oct 13, 2023 ▶ 54:58 E149: Hamas terror attacks in Israel: fallout, reaction, next steps
Nov 11, 2023 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Kushner: Iranian oil exports fell from 2.6M to 100k daily barrels under Trump
“Under Obama, when he left, they were selling about 2.6 million barrels of oil a day. Under Trump, when he left office, they were selling a 100,000 barrels of oil a day.”
Jared Kushner Nov 11, 2023 ▶ 57:51 Jared Kushner: Israel-Hamas War, paths forward, macro picture, AI
Dec 29, 2023 negative
Assertion Supported
Calacanis: Trump and Biden doubled US annual deficit spending over Obama
“In eight years, Obama added eight Trillion. So it was one trillion a year. These new guys getting close to two trillion per year. So they doubled the velocity of spending.”
Jason Calacanis Dec 29, 2023 ▶ 1:03:54 E159: The Bestie Awards! Recapping the best and worst of 2023
Jan 13, 2024
Assertion Supported
Chamath: US energy independence stems from policies under Obama and Trump
“And a lot of that developed under two presidents, Obama and Trump, and both of them deserve a lot of credit because we have a capability now. To be self-sufficient and we are a net exporter because of the work that happened during that time.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jan 13, 2024 ▶ 29:30 E161: US strikes Houthis, market instability, Q1 rate cuts in doubt, Carta's major mishap, DEI
Sep 10, 2024 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Vance: Wall Street shifted from 3-to-1 Republican to 9-to-1 Democrat
“I believe that in 2012, Wall Street, which I think Wall Street fundamentally has been the main beneficiary of globalization, of a lot of the policies that I pushed back against and criticized over the last 30 years, Wall Street went three to one for Romney ove…”
JD Vance Sep 10, 2024 ▶ 22:01 JD Vance | All-In Summit 2024
Nov 8, 2024 positive
Opinion
Sacks: Donald Trump is the transformational political figure, not Obama
“If you look back now over the last 10 years, it's clear that he's the transformational figure In American politics. It's not Barack Obama with all due respect. It's Trump.”
David Sacks Nov 8, 2024 ▶ 38:54 Trump wins! How it happened and what's next
Nov 8, 2024 negative
Opinion
Chamath: Obama's campaign rhetoric was reputationally damaging to him
“And I was just so saddened to see the tone and the rhetoric from Barack Obama during this last homestretch. It, I think, was reputationally very damaging to him.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Nov 8, 2024 ▶ 1:06:30 Trump wins! How it happened and what's next
Jul 19, 2025
Assertion Supported
Baker: U.S. tax receipts topped out at 18-19% GDP under Obama
“Even when Obama controlled the house, the Senate, and was the most popular democratic president of our lifetime, I don't think federal government tax receipts has a percentage of GDP got above 18, 19%.”
Gavin Baker Jul 19, 2025 ▶ 14:17 Trump vs Powell, Solving the Debt Crisis, The $10T AGI Prize, GENIUS Act Becomes Law
Aug 9, 2025 neutral
Assertion Contradicted
Baker: Tariffs are traditionally a Democratic position that Clinton and Obama ran on
“Tariffs are traditionally a democratic policy position. You know, Clinton ran on them. Obama ran on them to be a slightly lesser degree.”
Gavin Baker Aug 9, 2025 ▶ 1:25:15 OpenAI's GPT-5 Flop, AI's Unlimited Market, China's Big Advantage, Rise in Socialism, Housing Crisis
Sep 15, 2025 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Gabbard: Obama explicitly tasked intelligence to show how Russia meddled, not whether
“Said this is a POTUS tasking on Russia meddling with the election. And what you'll see in those documents was not President Obama asking, ah, look into the intelligence and see if Russia meddled the election. It was, Provide me with an assessment saying how Ru…”
Tulsi Gabbard Sep 15, 2025 ▶ 7:00 Tulsi Gabbard on Russiagate Hoax Evidence and How She’s Reforming Politicized Intelligence Agencies
Sep 15, 2025
Assertion Not checkable as stated
DNI Gabbard: Draft 2016 PDB finding no Russian election interference was pulled
“This December eighth president's daily brief was consistent with all of the other assessments, essentially saying there was no interference in the outcome of the election by Russia. That brief was pulled. It was never published. It was pulled back from publish…”
Tulsi Gabbard Sep 15, 2025 ▶ 6:24 Tulsi Gabbard on Russiagate Hoax Evidence and How She’s Reforming Politicized Intelligence Agencies
Oct 23, 2025 negative
Opinion
Joe Manchin: Barack Obama was an elusive president
“He was elusive.”
Joe Manchin Oct 23, 2025 ▶ 27:19 Joe Manchin Exposes The Chaos Inside Biden’s White House
Oct 23, 2025 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Manchin: Harry Reid told Obama never to send Joe Biden to negotiate again
“Harry Reid says, I told President Obama, don't ever send that damn Joe Biden back to make a deal. We don't want him here at all making a deal for Democrats.”
Joe Manchin Oct 23, 2025 ▶ 1:00:39 Joe Manchin Exposes The Chaos Inside Biden’s White House
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