Biden

42 statements across 35 episodes · 5 bullish · 24 bearish · 11 people on the record · first statement Jun 20, 2020 by David Sacks · across every show →

Everything said about Biden, oldest first

Jun 20, 2020 neutral
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Sacks: High chance Biden's VP pick becomes president within two years
“There's a very high chance that this VP pick will become the president, given Biden's age and everything going on in the world. And we've just seen crisis after crisis this year. I think there's gonna be more shoes to drop. And this person that we don't even k…”
David Sacks Jun 20, 2020 ▶ 1:15:13 E4: Politicizing the pandemic, Police reform, Twitter vs Facebook with David Sacks & David Friedberg
Nov 4, 2020 positive
Prediction Held up
Chamath predicts Atlanta will vote 70% for Joe Biden
“Atlanta, Atlanta should go 70% Biden.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Nov 4, 2020 ▶ 2:10:41 E11: Election Night Special featuring Phil Hellmuth, Bill Gurley, Brad Gerstner & more!
Nov 4, 2020
Prediction Held up
Calacanis: Arizona looks like it is going to Joe Biden
“Looks like Arizona is going to Biden.”
Jason Calacanis Nov 4, 2020 ▶ 1:38:36 E11: Election Night Special featuring Phil Hellmuth, Bill Gurley, Brad Gerstner & more!
Nov 11, 2020
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sacks: Tech workers not explicitly endorsing Biden are likely Trump voters
“You know, if people aren't, if people in tech aren't explicitly endorsing Biden on Twitter, they're probably closet Trump voters.”
David Sacks Nov 11, 2020 ▶ 46:57 E12: Biden wins, Pfizer vaccine, markets rip, Trump's next act, COVID endgame scenarios & more
Jan 23, 2021 negative
Opinion
Friedberg: Biden should validate Republican policies to truly unite America
“It would have been nice to see Biden not just say let's unite, but actually step over the line and declare some of the policies and points of view of the other side as being valid and engaging more directly on those points versus saying we'll all work together…”
David Friedberg Jan 23, 2021 ▶ 6:04 E18: Inauguration talk, breaking down the $1.9T stimulus, the case for recalling Gavin Newsom & more
May 1, 2021 negative
Opinion
Sacks: Biden's mistake is failing to take off masks in April 2021
“If Trump's mistake was not wearing a mask in April of twenty-twenty, I think Biden's mistake is not taking it off in April of twenty-twenty-one.”
David Sacks May 1, 2021 ▶ 5:35 E31: Post-vaccination virtue signaling, pandemic lessons, immigration, Caitlyn Jenner for CA & more
Oct 23, 2021 neutral
Disclosure
Jason Calacanis expresses frustration with Joe Biden's inability to build moderate consensus
“So I am glad I voted for Biden, but I am unhappy that he cannot build consensus down the middle and get the far left to just, you know, pump the brakes.”
Jason Calacanis Oct 23, 2021 ▶ 1:02:19 E52: Trump's SPAC, peak venture liquidity, tech as an economic ladder, Dems overplaying their hand
Jan 22, 2022 negative
Assertion Supported
Sacks: Biden and the press corps completely ignored Uyghurs during presser
“At the same time that this mob was forming against Chamath, we had a two-hour Biden press conference in which Biden never mentioned the Uyghurs once. The press corps never mentioned the Uyghurs once.”
David Sacks Jan 22, 2022 ▶ 14:08 E64: Antitrust standards & enforcement, tech repricing, lab leak obfuscation, E63 reactions & more
Feb 5, 2022 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks: President Biden will not break a port union strike
“Do you really, if you're the leader of that union, do you really believe that Biden's gonna break your strike? No way.”
David Sacks Feb 5, 2022 ▶ 45:17 E66: $FB's big drop, Rogan/Spotify mess, Xi/Putin meetup & supply chain issues with Ryan Petersen
Feb 12, 2022 negative
Opinion
Sacks: Biden is running out of time to establish a centrist presidency
“And, you know, I think Biden sort of is caught in the middle of this, and I think he's running out of time to try and reestablish that he's going to have a centrist presidency that does not completely kowtow and defer to the left of his party, to this sort of …”
David Sacks Feb 12, 2022 ▶ 44:34 E67: Revisiting Rogan, Canadian truckers' protest, fusion breakthrough, $MSFT's savvy move & more
Jul 8, 2022
Assertion Supported
Sacks: Three million illegal immigrants entered the US under Biden
“Three million people have come in just under Biden and illegal migration.”
David Sacks Jul 8, 2022 ▶ 16:59 E86: Macro outlook: jobs, housing, inflation + Dutch farmers protests & EU climate missteps
Jul 22, 2022 negative
Assertion Supported
Sacks: Biden sought $4T for Build Back Better atop previous $4T
“Biden wanted an extra four trillion of spending On this whole Build Back Better on top of the four trillion he had.”
David Sacks Jul 22, 2022 ▶ 42:41 E88: First principle politics, China chaos & outlook, state of private/public markets & more
Sep 10, 2022 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sacks: Biden canceled U.S. energy independence on his first day
“And don't forget, Biden canceled our energy independence the first day he was in office.”
David Sacks Sep 10, 2022 ▶ 43:49 E95: Winter is Coming, Europe's energy crisis, Kim Kardashian's new PE firm & more
Oct 29, 2022 positive
Opinion
Chamath: Biden and Blinken executed US semiconductor sanctions well
“I think Biden and Blinken have done a good job. They've done a good job on this right now. They've, played it well.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Oct 29, 2022 ▶ 1:26:27 E102: Elon closes Twitter deal, $META uncertainty, Zuck's historic bet, big tech decline & more
Oct 29, 2022 negative
Opinion
Sacks: Biden and Blinken did a horrible job on foreign policy
“First of all, I think Biden and Lincoln did a horrible job.”
David Sacks Oct 29, 2022 ▶ 1:26:35 E102: Elon closes Twitter deal, $META uncertainty, Zuck's historic bet, big tech decline & more
Jan 6, 2023 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks predicts the Biden-Zelenskyy political alliance will end in 2023
“My prediction or most contrarian belief is that the bromance between Biden and Zelensky comes to an end at some point in 20, 23.”
David Sacks Jan 6, 2023 ▶ 53:23 E110: 2023 Bestie Predictions!
May 5, 2023
Prediction Partly held up
Calacanis: Trump will join All-In Podcast, Biden will decline
“So Nikki Haley's in, and then Trump will do it, and then Biden will not.”
Jason Calacanis May 5, 2023 ▶ 1:57:21 In conversation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
May 12, 2023 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Friedberg sees a non-zero chance Joe Biden does not run in 2024
“I think there's a non-zero chance Biden actually doesn't run for re-election at this point.”
David Friedberg May 12, 2023 ▶ 1:00:13 E128: Google enters AI wars, Druck’s warning, Trump crushes CNN & more
May 12, 2023 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks predicts Joe Biden will win reelection due to Trump fatigue
“And I think this is how Biden gets reelected.”
David Sacks May 12, 2023 ▶ 57:40 E128: Google enters AI wars, Druck’s warning, Trump crushes CNN & more
Jun 24, 2023 positive
Disclosure
Sacks says he prefers RFK Jr. over Joe Biden
“I prefer RFK to Biden.”
David Sacks Jun 24, 2023 ▶ 53:47 E134: Ukraine counteroffensive, China tensions, COVID Patient Zero, RFK Jr reaction & more
Jul 21, 2023 negative
Prediction Not publicly verifiable
Sacks: Biden likely wins 2024 rematch against Trump barring recession or Ukraine collapse
“I think right now it looks like we're on track to have a Biden-Trump rematch, and right now Biden probably looks like he's gonna win, barring a recession happening or the Ukrainian side collapsing in, in the war.”
David Sacks Jul 21, 2023 ▶ 1:47:22 In conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy
Sep 8, 2023
Assertion Partly supported
Calacanis: Trump added nearly $8 trillion to debt, Biden added $4 trillion
“Trump added almost eight trillion. Biden's added four trillion.”
Jason Calacanis Sep 8, 2023 ▶ 1:01 In conversation with Chris Christie
Sep 8, 2023 negative
Opinion
Sacks: Joe Biden has had the most hawkish Ukraine policy of any US president
“I'm sorry, but Biden has had the most hawkish policy on Ukraine that any president's ever had.”
David Sacks Sep 8, 2023 ▶ 2:01:28 In conversation with Chris Christie
Sep 18, 2023 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Calacanis: Trump added $1 trillion to deficit, Biden added $4 trillion
“Trump added a trillion to the deficit. Biden already four trillion.”
Jason Calacanis Sep 18, 2023 ▶ 16:25 All-In Summit: In conversation with Larry Summers
Apr 12, 2024 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks: A pre-election Fed rate hike would doom Biden's reelection
“If we see a rate hike before the election, I think Biden is toast.”
David Sacks Apr 12, 2024 ▶ 24:55 E174: Inflation stays hot, AI disclosure bill, Drone warfare, defense startups & more
Apr 26, 2024 negative
Opinion
Calacanis: Biden's wealth tax is the #1 way to stop US innovation
“This is like the number one thing you can do to stop innovation and investment in the country, which we desperately need.”
Jason Calacanis Apr 26, 2024 ▶ 1:28:41 Meta's scorched earth approach to AI, Tesla's future, TikTok bill, FTC bans noncompetes, wealth tax
May 24, 2024 negative
Assertion Supported
Calacanis: Trump added $7.8T to national debt vs Biden's $6T+
“Trump, just to give facts, Trump will have spent 7.8 trillion, Biden will spend slightly less, like six point X trillion.”
Jason Calacanis May 24, 2024 ▶ 1:01:25 Scarlett Johansson vs OpenAI, Nvidia's trillion-dollar problem, a vibecession, plastic in our balls
May 31, 2024 negative
Prediction Open · timeframe May 2029
Joe Biden will raise taxes if Democrats win the trifecta
“I don't think Trump's going to raise taxes, but Biden will if he has the trifecta.”
David Sacks May 31, 2024 ▶ 1:17:32 Trump verdict, COVID Cover-up, Crypto Corner, Salesforce drops 20%, AI correction?
Jun 7, 2024 neutral
Assertion Supported
Friedberg says Vinod Khosla hosted a fundraiser for Joe Biden recently
“Vinod went and did a fundraiser. It's public, but he did a fundraiser for Biden a few weeks ago”
David Friedberg Jun 7, 2024 ▶ 10:46 DOJ targets Nvidia, Meme stock comeback, Trump fundraiser in SF, Apple/OpenAI, Texas stock market
Sep 16, 2024 negative
Opinion
Sachs: A bipartisan 'deep state' includes Cheney, Harris, Biden, and Nuland
“I think it's obvious there's basically one deep state party, and that is the party of Cheney, Harris, Biden, Victoria Nuland, my colleague at Columbia University now.”
Jeffrey Sachs Sep 16, 2024 ▶ 1:30 Deep State, Hegemony & U.S. Foreign Policy: John Mearsheimer vs. Jeffrey Sachs | All-In Summit
Oct 3, 2024 negative
Assertion Supported
Sacks: Democrats discarded Biden's 14 million primary votes for Kamala Harris
“Biden won the Democratic primary. He got fourteen million votes, and then they threw out that result and put in Kamala Harris because they didn't like his debate performance.”
David Sacks Oct 3, 2024 ▶ 47:39 Mark Cuban: Love/Hate Relationship with Trump, Why He's Backing Kamala Harris
Oct 3, 2024 neutral
Assertion Supported
Cuban: Obama deported over 3M people, more than Trump or Biden
“Obama was the deporter-in-chief. He deported more people than Trump or Biden, over three million people, but he had a specific process in place that everybody could understand.”
Mark Cuban Oct 3, 2024 ▶ 51:45 Mark Cuban: Love/Hate Relationship with Trump, Why He's Backing Kamala Harris
Jan 28, 2025 positive
Opinion
Dalio: US is financially better off under Trump than Biden
“Yes, I do believe we are in the financial context, because in terms of profitability and the likelihood of cutting, I think the Republicans are probably more likely to make these moves than the Democrats, but you also have to take into consideration the impact…”
Ray Dalio Jan 28, 2025 ▶ 55:35 Ray Dalio: US Debt Spiral, How to Avoid Disaster | The All-In Interview
Mar 20, 2025 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Lutnick: Biden closed 635 million acres of public land
“We think about Biden closed six hundred and thirty five million acres.”
Howard Lutnick Mar 20, 2025 ▶ 1:33:13 Howard Lutnick | All-In DC
May 25, 2025
Assertion Supported
Sen. Johnson: Biden averaged $1.9T annual deficits, doubling Obama and Trump
“Obama, his average, he averaged about nine hundred billion dollars a year deficit. Trump, before the pandemic, is about eight hundred billion. You know, but Biden's up to almost two trillion, it's 1.9 trillion dollars average deficit.”
Senator Ron Johnson May 25, 2025 ▶ 49:35 Senator Ron Johnson on the Senate showdown over Trump's Big Beautiful Bill | All-In Interview
Jun 13, 2025
Assertion Supported
Calacanis: Trump's 3M net immigration was lowest since Reagan
“Biden, ten million net immigrants, and Trump, three million, which sounds like a lot, but it's actually the lowest in like 10 administrations, the lowest since Reagan.”
Jason Calacanis Jun 13, 2025 ▶ 43:43 Tucker Carlson: ICE Raids, LA Riots, Strong Economic Data, Politicized Fed, War with Iran?
Jun 13, 2025 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Sacks: Biden administration sold unused border wall materials as scrap metal
“When Biden came into office, there were large pieces of the wall that were still on the ground, just waiting to be erected. And Biden sold them off as scrap metal for two cents on the dollar.”
David Sacks Jun 13, 2025 ▶ 41:11 Tucker Carlson: ICE Raids, LA Riots, Strong Economic Data, Politicized Fed, War with Iran?
Aug 1, 2025 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Calacanis: Biden administration barred tech leaders from visiting the White House
“And if we compare that to Biden and Kamala, like, they weren't even letting people come to the White House.”
Jason Calacanis Aug 1, 2025 ▶ 7:47 Trump AI Speech & Action Plan, DC Summit Recap, Hot GDP Print, Trade Deals, Altman Warns No Privacy
Oct 10, 2025 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Gerstner: U.S. deportations averaged 200k under Clinton and 300k under Obama
“Court-ordered removals and deportations average 200,000 per year, 1997 to 2000. That's under Clinton. 200,000 a year. They averaged 300,000 a year, peaking at 400,000 under Obama. Right? Deportations plummeted under Biden.”
Brad Gerstner Oct 10, 2025 ▶ 22:31 Trump Brokers Gaza Peace Deal, National Guard in Chicago, OpenAI/AMD, AI Roundtripping, Gold Rally
Oct 30, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
Chamath: Trump and David Sacks unwound Biden tech legislation
“I think that we had some really idiotic legislation under Biden that President Trump and David Sachs have largely unwound.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Oct 30, 2025 ▶ 59:48 Pete Buttigieg: The Left's Identity Crisis, Wealth Tax, 2024 Mistakes, Plans for 2028
Oct 30, 2025 negative
Opinion
Chamath: Biden was inaccessible while Trump listens to broad feedback
“The reason why it was likely under Biden is because it was so difficult to actually talk to him, he wouldn't talk to anybody. The difference with Trump, just so it's clear, is that he'll talk to everybody, he'll make his own decision, but he gets the broad tap…”
Chamath Palihapitiya Oct 30, 2025 ▶ 1:00:31 Pete Buttigieg: The Left's Identity Crisis, Wealth Tax, 2024 Mistakes, Plans for 2028
Mar 9, 2026 negative
Opinion
Graham Allison: The U.S. military conflict with Iran is Netanyahu's war
“This is Bibi's war. If your reader or your listeners don't remember Moby Dick, they should go look at it again. Ahab had this fixation, obsession, with the white whale, and tried to find a way to kill the white whale whenever he could. For the last two decades…”
Graham Allison Mar 9, 2026 ▶ 4:32 “This is Bibi’s War” - Harvard’s Graham Allison on the Influences and Endgame of the Iran War
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