State Department

5 statements across 5 episodes · 1 bullish · 4 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Aug 28, 2021 by David Sacks · across every show →

Everything said about State Department, oldest first

Aug 28, 2021 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Sacks: Bipartisan May 2021 letter warned State Department about Afghan allies
“There was a bipartisan working group of both Democrats And Republicans who wrote a letter to Blinken at the State Department back in May saying, we are afraid of the, about the safety of our Afghan allies. You need to get them out.”
David Sacks Aug 28, 2021 ▶ 33:49 E44: USA's Afghanistan embarrassment, China's new algo laws, future of robots + Italy recap!
Mar 5, 2022 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sacks: 2014 removal of Yanukovych was a US-backed coup
“They had this basically pro-Russian democratically elected Prime Minister, President Yukinovich who was deposed in a coup in 2014, a coup that was supported by our State Department and probably the CIA, ok?”
David Sacks Mar 5, 2022 ▶ 35:13 E71: Russia/Ukraine deep dive: escalation, risk factors, financial fallout, exit ramps and more
Mar 19, 2022 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks: No Russia-Ukraine peace deal unless Biden resists State Department
“And unless Biden, hold on, if unless Biden stands up to his own State Department, we will not get a ceasefire, and we will not get a peace deal, and that will be disastrous for his presidency.”
David Sacks Mar 19, 2022 ▶ 1:10:24 E72: Impact of sanctions, deglobalization, food shortage risks, macroeconomic outlook and more
Feb 17, 2023 negative
Opinion
Sacks: Media refuses to investigate U.S. actions before Ukraine war
“The media has shown zero interest in getting to the bottom of what actions our state department took, or generally speaking, our security state took that might have led up to the Ukraine war, zero interest in that.”
David Sacks Feb 17, 2023 ▶ 24:06 E116: Toxic out-of-control trains, regulators, and AI
May 21, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Gracias: DOGE will overhaul both legal and illegal immigration systems
“These programs, I've mapped the entire system now they go from DHS to State Department to labor. They're very disconnected, and they're hard to manage, so we are going to work on this. One of the things we are going to work on and hopefully leave behind is bot…”
Antonio Gracias May 21, 2025 ▶ 24:34 Antonio Gracias: DOGE updates, Voter fraud, Finding 'Big Balls' | All-In Live from Miami
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