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The Brutal Truth About Ending The Ukraine War - David Sacks Aug 28, 2025 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 4:22 David Sacks They were still clamoring for NATO, and they were still rejecting the idea of any territorial concessions, including even Crimea, which was lost over a decade ago.
  • ▶ 6:18 Chamath Palihapitiya So Crimea, as Saks mentioned, 20 14 to present, and then Israel and West, uh, East Jerusalem.

AI Bubble Pops, Zuck Freezes Hiring, Newsom’s 2028 Surge, Russia/Ukraine Endgame Aug 22, 2025 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 59:14 David Sacks They were still clamoring for NATO, and they were still rejecting the idea of any territorial concessions, including even Crimea, which was lost over a decade ago. 2 times in the scene

Trump Rally or Bessent Put? Elon Back at Tesla, Google's Gemini Problem, China's Thorium Discovery Apr 26, 2025 · 11 mentions

Hot Swap growing, donors revolt, President Kamala? SCOTUS breakdown: Immunity, Chevron, Censorship Jul 4, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 21:05 David Sacks American cluster bombs were used to kill Russian civilians sunbathing on the beach in Crimea.

In conversation with Dean Phillips Nov 17, 2023 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 31:44 Dean Phillips And secondly, it is not the, it's not a United States decision about whether or not Ukraine should agree to a peace deal. 3 times in the scene

E147: TED goes woke, Canada's Nazi blunder, AI adds vision, plus: who owns OpenAI? Sep 29, 2023 · 1 mention

Elon Musk: Ukraine, X, the creator economy, China, AI, & more | All-In Summit 2023 Sep 13, 2023 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 7:11 Elon Musk Uh, to help them, um, and, um, at the time this happened, the, uh, region around, you, uh, Crimea, um, was actually turned off. 5 times in the scene

In conversation with Chris Christie Sep 8, 2023 · 1 mention

In conversation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. May 5, 2023 · 2 mentions

E118: AI FOMO frenzy, macro update, Fox vs Dominion, US vs China & more with Brad Gerstner Mar 3, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:45:55 David Sacks Number one, that Ukraine would be a neutral country instead of part of NATO, and number two, that we would recognize Crimea being part of Russia.

E117: Did Stripe miss its window? Plus: VC market update, AI comes for SaaS, Trump's savvy move Feb 24, 2023 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 1:07:50 David Sacks He refused to recognize the Russian interest in Crimea, and we gave no support to the Minsk Accords, which would have given some limited autonomy to the Russian speakers in the Donbass area.
  • ▶ 1:19:00 David Sacks If you're wondering why Putin seized Crimea, it was in direct retaliation for the coup that we backed in Ukraine in 2014.

E113: DOJ tries to break up Google, vaccine questions, Ukraine escalation & more Jan 27, 2023 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 1:12:40 David Sacks The Biden administration also in a New York times article that came out earlier this week said that they were warming to the idea of, of supporting an invasion of Crimea. 3 times in the scene

E110: 2023 Bestie Predictions! Jan 6, 2023 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 53:49 David Sacks Or it could be successful, and they could basically push the Russians back to the February 23rd lines and then make a play for Crimea. 5 times in the scene

E105: Tech culture wars: Elon vs. SBF, Sabotaging Republicans with Trump Nov 19, 2022 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 3:33 David Sacks Jake Sullivan just this week said that he told the Ukrainians it was reported that they can't have Crimea back, get realistic.

E100: Reflecting on the first 100 shows, fan questions, nuclear threat, markets, Amazon & more Oct 14, 2022 · 11 mentions

  • ▶ 1:08:32 David Sacks And just to, just to cut to the chase on this, I think where the rubber meets the road on Ukraine is Crimea.
  • ▶ 1:08:55 David Sacks 80% of the population of Crimea, they're Russian, and three-quarters of them, according to polling that was done by Gallup and by a German polling firm, so not Russian polls, 10 times in the scene

E96: Adobe acquires Figma for $20B, TPB SPAC, FedEx CEO's recession warning, macro picture & more Sep 17, 2022 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:22:19 David Sacks If I could choose an outcome right now, I would say it'd be great if the Russian army collapsed because of its morale problem, tucked its tail between its legs, went back to Moscow, and then the Ukrainians had the good sense to respect the…

E85: SBF's crypto bailout, Zendesk sells for ~$10B, buyout targets, US diplomacy, AlphaFold & more Jun 30, 2022 · 5218 mentions

  • ▶ 1:14:22 David Sacks And the third piece was that Russia got to keep Crimea, which again, was a fait accompli that happened in 2014. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 1:26:56 David Sacks There's autonomy for the Russian speakers in the Donbass and Crimea basically remains part of Russia. 5216 times in the scene

#AIS: Bestie AMA with Valor's Antonio Gracias Jun 7, 2022 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 52:44 David Sacks But if our objective, if we have mission creep into destabilizing the Russian regime and to basically trying to take back Crimea, which they see as theirs, um, if our, we're trying to weaken them to the point where they're no longer a…

#AIS: Antonio Garcia Martinez & Glenn Greenwald debate Ukraine, moderated by David Sacks May 25, 2022 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 27:21 David Sacks And, um, you know, right now, the way that victory is being defined, um, would, uh, by Ukraine and by our State Department is that, uh, we kick Russia out of Ukraine, maybe even Crimea too. 4 times in the scene

E74: Market update, inverted yield curve, immigration, new SPAC rules, $FB smears TikTok and more Apr 1, 2022 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 1:30:10 David Sacks Crimea is part of Russia, it, that's a fait accompli, it happened in 2014. 3 times in the scene

E73: Late-stage VC markdowns and mistakes, market strategy, Ukraine/Russia update with Brad Gerstner Mar 26, 2022 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 54:40 David Sacks They get to keep Crimea, which they annexed in 2014. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 1:10:01 David Sacks Uh, Russia will get to keep Crimea because that's been a fait accompli since the annexation in 2014. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 1:21:11 David Sacks They said, these are all public statements, that the US would never recognize the Russian annexation of Crimea, never.

E72: Impact of sanctions, deglobalization, food shortage risks, macroeconomic outlook and more Mar 19, 2022 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 12:14 David Sacks And then the, the other pieces of it were Ukraine recognizing Russia's control of Crimea, recognizing that's not coming back.
  • ▶ 57:29 David Sacks I don't think any of the details, now that we know, look, it's about Crimea, it's about Donbass, it's about neutrality.
  • ▶ 1:07:54 David Sacks Remember in 2014, when they took Crimea, he said, America does not have a vital national interest.

E71: Russia/Ukraine deep dive: escalation, risk factors, financial fallout, exit ramps and more Mar 5, 2022 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 35:32 David Sacks In reaction to that, Putin seized Crimea, not a year later, not months later, days later. 3 times in the scene

E70: EMERGENCY POD! Russia invades Ukraine: Reactions, Putin's ambition, Biden's response and more Feb 25, 2022 · 1 mention

E65: VC markup dynamics, Russia/US tensions over Ukraine, Altos Labs raises $3B, Stripe mafia & more Jan 29, 2022 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 17:02 David Sacks Bush did not intervene militarily, and then in 2014, when Putin occupied Crimea,
  • ▶ 33:14 David Sacks And then in, uh, in Ukraine, they've got, um, the Donbass and, and Crimea, and it was now been, uh, annexed by Russia, which are these majority ethnically Russian areas, you know, and, and same problem in Moldova. 3 times in the scene

E44: USA's Afghanistan embarrassment, China's new algo laws, future of robots + Italy recap! Aug 28, 2021 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 45:50 Jason Calacanis We're going to need to make some decisions here because Russia with Crimea and the Ukraine and their ambitions, and then China taking over Hong Kong and looking at Taiwan.
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