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The Pentagon

also referred to as: pentagon

5 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 3 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Mar 31, 2022 by Joe Lonsdale · said 44 times in 18 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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brought up most by Joe Lonsdale (30), Kevin Mandia (3), Shyam Sankar (2), Senator Eric Schmitt (2), Andy Lowery (2), Tyler Cowen (1), Tom Cotton (1), Kimbal Musk (1)

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2026 27 mentions in 8 episodes 3 per episode
2025 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2024 9 mentions in 4 episodes 2 per episode
2023 1 mention in 1 episode
2022 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2021 1 mention in 1 episode

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Mar 31, 2022 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Lonsdale: Top engineering graduates are avoiding jobs at the Pentagon
“And right now, if you go to these top schools, I map this out for my firm, if you see, basically none of the top couple hundred people are looking for jobs in the Pentagon, which to me is very scary.”
Joe Lonsdale Mar 31, 2022 ▶ 27:52 Dr. Mark Esper: Lessons from Russia's Invasion of Ukraine · Joe Lonsdale
Apr 3, 2025 positive
Opinion
Cotton: Reforming Pentagon procurement could be the lasting legacy of DOGE
“Just reforming a lot of our processes and procurement in the Pentagon, improving systems in the Pentagon and throughout the government is, I think something that can be a lasting legacy of the Doge efforts too.”
Tom Cotton Apr 3, 2025 ▶ 6:53 Billionaire vs. U.S. Senator: Should TikTok Be Banned? · Joe Lonsdale
Apr 3, 2025 negative
Prediction Partly held up
Cotton: China's nuclear arsenal will double by 2030 and again by 2035
“They've more than doubled the number of warheads they have since Xi took office. It's gonna double again, our Pentagon estimates, by the end of this decade, and double again by the middle of the next decade.”
Tom Cotton Apr 3, 2025 ▶ 15:09 Billionaire vs. U.S. Senator: Should TikTok Be Banned? · Joe Lonsdale
Apr 3, 2025 negative
Insight
Cotton: Pentagon over-customizes solutions instead of buying commercial off-the-shelf tech
“At the Pentagon, as you know, Joe, there's always the tendency to make a customized bespoke solution for every problem they have. And if you're building a stealth bomber, okay, well, you can't just go out and find a company that's building stealth bombers for …”
Tom Cotton Apr 3, 2025 ▶ 6:12 Billionaire vs. U.S. Senator: Should TikTok Be Banned? · Joe Lonsdale
May 8, 2026
Insight
Sankar: Trying to reform defense bureaucracy directly is a losing strategy
“Because if you try to fix the system, you're going to lose. You're going to get bogged down in trench warfare. And, you know, I think you got to fix it through inspiration.”
Shyam Sankar May 8, 2026 ▶ 32:25 Palantir CTO: We Need More Heretics · Joe Lonsdale
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