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Nvidia's Historic Quarter, SaaS Comeback, Bessent vs Druck, America's Debt Crisis, Cancer Vaccine
- ▶ 33:34 Jason Calacanis Besson's new bond strategy got criticized by his mentor, Stan Druckenmiller. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:10:36 David Sacks It was this Besson buyback policy, right?
Chip Stocks Crash, $20B Fund Margin Called, Frontier Labs: SLOW DOWN AI, Mamdani's Grocery Stores
- ▶ 19:56 David Friedberg The one thing that I think Kevin Warsh and Scott Bessent are kind of Vulcan mind melds around the Stan Druckenmiller, you know, gravity well, if you will, on this, is productivity gains can drive us out of this, this problem.
SpaceX’s $2T Case, Nvidia’s Shock Selloff, America Turns on AI, Trump Pulls AI Order, Bond Crisis?
- ▶ 1:23:22 Jason Calacanis You remember we've had Besson on the, uh, pod multiple times, and his goal was to get that under four percent.
“This is Bibi’s War” - Harvard’s Graham Allison on the Influences and Endgame of the Iran War
- ▶ 30:07 Graham Allison So first, uh, Scott Bessent, the Secretary of the Treasury, when he's asked about this, he says the biggest threat that he's ever seen is the fact that 96% of the advanced semiconductors come from one small island that could become cut off.
Ray Dalio: "AI Is Eating Everything - and It Might Eat Itself"
Debt Spiral or NEW Golden Age? Super Bowl Insider Trading, Booming Token Budgets, Ferrari's New EV
- ▶ 33:02 Jason Calacanis Much higher than the three percent GDP target we heard from Scott Besson on this podcast. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 53:59 David Sacks You've seen in President Trump's second term, you've had 615,000 new private sector jobs have been created, while again, like we talked about, over 300,000 government jobs have been cut, which increases the productivity of the economy, and…
Epstein Files, Is SaaS Dead?, Moltbook Panic, SpaceX xAI Merger, Trump's Fed Pick
- ▶ 1:11:32 Jason Calacanis Nicki Minaj is singing about Trump accounts apparently with Besant.
ICE Chaos in Minneapolis, Clawdbot Takeover, Why the Dollar is Dropping
- ▶ 31:25 Jason Calacanis And the first is, you know, President Trump has surrounded himself with a lot of really competent people, yourself included, David Rubio, Besant, Lutnik, Kushner, we had a lot of them here, even, um, my pal Chris Wright.
Iran's Breaking Point, Trump's Greenland Acquisition, and Solving Energy Costs
- ▶ 9:35 Jason Calacanis Besant announced some increased sanctions.
Howard Lutnick: How America Can Hit 6% GDP Growth in 2026
- ▶ 19:41 Howard Lutnick Me included Jameson Greer, uh, Scott Besson, who were on side, on board, uh,
Massive Somali Fraud in Minnesota with Nick Shirley, California Asset Seizure, $20B Groq-Nvidia Deal
- ▶ 41:30 Jason Calacanis Because that's a pretty explosive one, and I know Besant has mentioned it, but maybe you can unpack your firsthand knowledge of it if anything. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 48:29 Jason Calacanis So if Besson is listening, friend of the pod, yeah. 2 times in the scene
Bernie Sanders Says Stop All AI, China's Breakthrough, Inflation Down, Golden Age in 2026?
- ▶ 43:33 David Friedberg We're going to be interviewing Scott Besant tomorrow morning. 2 times in the scene
OpenAI's Code Red, Sacks vs New York Times, New Poverty Line?
- ▶ 41:34 Jason Calacanis Do you want more Jeff Bezos, more David Sachs, more Besant, also a Democrat, Lutnick also previously a Democrat. 2 times in the scene
Home Affordability Crisis, Palantir's Advantage, Big Short on AI, H-1B Abuse, Solar Storm Hits Earth
- ▶ 42:25 Jason Calacanis Let Bessing go out there and communicate this over and over and over again.
Does OpenAI Need a Bailout? Mamdani Wins, Socialism Rising, Filibuster Nuclear Option
- ▶ 42:13 Brad Gerstner And so, you know, Scott Besson on the one hand is saying, listen, in Q one, we're going to have some big tax refunds because of no tax on tips, no tax on overtime.
Trump: Send National Guard to SF, China Rare Earths Trade War, AI's PR Crisis
- ▶ 21:42 Jason Calacanis Friend of the pod, Treasury Secretary Scott Besant said the Trump-Xi meeting is still on track and quote, we have substantially de-escalated. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 22:16 David Friedberg Besson's comments on the price controls speak to what he calls a non-market economy, meaning that the Chinese government is intervening and creating artificial surplus in the market, which drives prices down and effectively eliminates…
- ▶ 36:28 David Sacks Well, the Treasury Secretary Scott Besson, who we know, just said that the Trump Xi meeting is still on track, and he also said that we have substantially de-escalated and that the hundred percent tariff does not need to happen. 5 times in the scene
1929 vs 2025: Andrew Ross Sorkin on Crashes, Bubbles & Lessons Learned
- ▶ 29:23 Andrew Ross Sorkin So obviously the president, Scott Howard on, on the sort of business end of things inside the, inside the government.
Trump Brokers Gaza Peace Deal, National Guard in Chicago, OpenAI/AMD, AI Roundtripping, Gold Rally
- ▶ 28:37 Jason Calacanis When you see Lutnick, you see Besant, you see Sachs, you see Elon and Doge, his approval ratings go up.
Ro Khanna Calls Out Both Parties: Immigration, Tech & Free Speech
- ▶ 15:28 Jason Calacanis You had Shemath, you had Mark Pincus, I mean, listen, even inside the cabinet, Besson, Lutnick, Trump himself. 3 times in the scene
Trump AI Speech & Action Plan, DC Summit Recap, Hot GDP Print, Trade Deals, Altman Warns No Privacy
- ▶ 2:29 Jason Calacanis Besant. 2 times in the scene
Trump vs Powell, Solving the Debt Crisis, The $10T AGI Prize, GENIUS Act Becomes Law
- ▶ 5:51 Jason Calacanis Scott Besson, 15%.
- ▶ 1:16:36 David Sacks Tyler Williams at Treasury, who was Secretary Besant's staff person.
"What The F Are We Doing?" David Friedberg On BBB’s Deficit Increase & Trump vs. Elon
- ▶ 2:28 David Friedberg So there's an argument that Besant and Lutnik and others are making that you guys have failed to recognize that we've got a few other things we have up our sleeve that we're going to do. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 10:58 David Friedberg Is what's going to happen is we're going to end up inflating away or printing away all of the debt that we've taken on is to get to a three, three, three, which Besant has highlighted is also his goal. 2 times in the scene
Big Beautiful Bill, Elon/Trump, Dollar Down Big, Harvard's Money Problems, Figma IPO
- ▶ 29:11 David Friedberg So there's an argument that Besant and Lutnik and others are making that you guys have failed to recognize that we've got a few other things we have up our sleeve that we're going to do. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 37:32 David Friedberg At the end of the day, the way we economically save America, if we even have a shot without money printing, which a lot of people like Balaji and Dalio and others are now indicating is what's going to happen is we're going to end up… 2 times in the scene
12 Day War, Socialism Wins in NYC, Stocks All-Time High, AI Copyright, Science Corner
- ▶ 1:31:13 Jason Calacanis I mean, I think he'll just announce it, and he'll make Besson. 7 times in the scene
AI Doom vs Boom, EA Cult Returns, BBB Upside, US Steel and Golden Votes
- ▶ 57:47 David Sacks Listen, if you want that level of specificity, you're going to have to get Scott Besson on, ok?
- ▶ 1:10:44 David Friedberg Besan talked about this in our interview with him.
- ▶ 1:13:57 David Sacks And I think that's Besson's target under his three three three plan, right, is you get GDP growth back up to three percent
Senator Ron Johnson on the Senate showdown over Trump's Big Beautiful Bill | All-In Interview
- ▶ 15:02 Chamath Palihapitiya On Friday, Secretary Besant tried to get in front of this, and his commentary was, we will grow our way out. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 21:50 Senator Ron Johnson They're not gonna focus on the one component that Besson's talking about, that, uh, we have to grow our economy.
- ▶ 46:47 Senator Ron Johnson They're probably annoyed with me, Besant and Hastit and Russell all the time, said, here, here's, here's my viewpoint. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 48:59 unnamed speaker And so when you speak with Besant, does he think he can get the president there as well? 2 times in the scene
Bond crisis looming? GOP abandons DOGE, Google disrupts Search with AI, OpenAI buys Jony Ive's IO
- ▶ 3:03 Jason Calacanis The 10 year, which Besant has said to focus on because it's the benchmark rate for most borrowing costs, you know, mortgages and stuff like that.
Trump's Big Week: Middle East Trip, China Deal, Pharma EO, "Big, Beautiful Bill" with Ben Shapiro
- ▶ 35:24 Jason Calacanis On Sunday, Treasury Secretary Besant announced a trade deal with China in Geneva. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 54:52 David Friedberg Besson has highlighted it. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 59:56 David Friedberg We met with Besant.
- ▶ 1:05:37 Chamath Palihapitiya And I think it allows us to set a path towards this three, three, three plan, just to be clear to everybody, what Scott Besson's three, three, three plan is it's.
Doug Burgum, Secretary of the Interior | All-In DC
- ▶ 45:58 Doug Burgum I mean, we've got, you know, Howard Lutnig, Scott Besant, uh, Brooke Rollins, you know, from Ag with U.S.
Trump's First 100 Days, Tariffs Impact Trade, AI Agents, Amazon Backs Down
- ▶ 19:16 David Sacks That's a term that Scott Besson used.
- ▶ 42:35 Chamath Palihapitiya Besant said that the tax bill will allow you to fully deduct all the PPE and all of the incidental costs of building a factory. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 57:33 David Sacks Jamison Greer, the US trade rep, and so on, the Trump trade team, to now negotiate these deals, stick the landing, and I agree with you to the extent that the sooner that is done, the better, because it is good to provide business…
Trump Rally or Bessent Put? Elon Back at Tesla, Google's Gemini Problem, China's Thorium Discovery
- ▶ 2:14 Andrew Ross Sorkin The question I think behind the rally is, is this a best input? 7 times in the scene
- ▶ 11:19 Andrew Ross Sorkin We hear Scott Bestin say that he's in talks with China or that their talks are going to begin. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 24:27 David Sacks Besson, and it's not just Besson, also Lutnik, these are all smart, talented people.
The Great Tariff Debate with David Sacks, Larry Summers, and Ezra Klein
- ▶ 3:47 Jason Calacanis Besant has been the spokesperson during this retreat or whatever we're going to call the pause and quote, this was driven by the president's strategy. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:31:48 Jason Calacanis Besant, Howard, even, uh, Trump himself are Clinton Democrats.
- ▶ 1:51:52 Jason Calacanis Besant was out there front and center every day talking about methodically what their plan was instead of the shock and awe.
The AI Cold War, Signalgate, CoreWeave IPO, Tariff Endgames, El Salvador Deportations
- ▶ 39:48 Gavin Baker Look, Scott Bessent is probably the single most respected, or was the single most respected macro investor in the world. 4 times in the scene
Howard Lutnick | All-In DC
- ▶ 6:37 Chamath Palihapitiya Scott Besant told us this story that about 18 months ago, though, he saw all this data about what was happening under Biden, and he was just so concerned that these deficits and debts were getting so out of control, he went to the…
- ▶ 38:23 Jason Calacanis I've asked this of Besant.
- ▶ 1:24:34 Howard Lutnick I view the first couple of years of the Sovereign Wealth Fund, or Scott Bessent and I, making money Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:28:37 Howard Lutnick But, but Scott Besant and I will make more than a trillion dollars for the United States of America during our term, which is pretty darn cool, right?
- ▶ 1:44:00 Howard Lutnick I mean, you could just go, you know, Scott Besson, you know, so thoughtful and elegant. 2 times in the scene
Epstein Files Flop, State of the Market, Autonomous Robots, Trump's Gold Card, Friedberg on Jeopardy
- ▶ 32:56 Chamath Palihapitiya I think it's very good for Besant and for Trump, and I think I've mentioned this before, but we got to go in and, you know, refinance 10 trillion dollars in the next six months.
DOGE vs USAID, Crypto Framework, Google's $75B AI Spend, US Sovereign Wealth Fund, GLP-1s
- ▶ 2:02 David Friedberg Elon and Besant and others in the administration have echoed trying to get government deficit below three percent of GDP.
- ▶ 57:10 Chamath Palihapitiya Like Scott Besson, part of his congressional testimony, you guys probably saw this, was he laid out this thing that he has that's called the three, three, three plan.
Trump's First Week: Inauguration Recap, Executive Actions, TikTok, Stargate + Sacks is Back!
- ▶ 18:05 Thomas Laffont I'm curious what you guys thought, but to me, what was notable from Scott Besant, the new treasury secretary, he was asked in one of the exchanges about the green energy race with China.
- ▶ 1:30:16 Thomas Laffont And so when Scott Besson was asked, are we in a, in a, you know, green energy arms race?
Trump's Cabinet, Google's Quantum Chip, Apple's Flop, TikTok, State of VC
- ▶ 1:15:57 Keith Rabois Like, I think Scott, actually, from everybody I've talked to, I don't know him, but I, I've interviewed about 10 or 12 people that are very successful on Wall Street, and every single one of them universally has a claim for him, and… 5 times in the scene
Trump wins! How it happened and what's next
- ▶ 58:22 Chamath Palihapitiya And then in Treasury, it's the, you know, I think people say it's between Scott Besant and John Paulson.