Gebbia: Presidential power was entirely sufficient to solve the border crisis
Joe Gebbia · The Secret Team Fixing America's Broken Systems · Joe Lonsdale · Jan 20, 2026 · at 4:25
Joe Gebbia, co-founder of Airbnb, discusses southern border policy and federal executive power with Joe Lonsdale.
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“And lo and behold, you know, we had a lot of excuses in the last administration about why the problem couldn't get solved. Oh, you gotta wait on this, that, and the other. And in the first couple months of the Trump administration, it became very clear that the power to solve this problem was entirely in the hands of the president.”
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