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Back to episode — Episode 2539 CWSA 07/17/24

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tupid can get to Trump anymore? Think about it. Trump now has a smart filter that he surrounded himself with that's largely impenetrable. There is no way that something just stupid is going to get all the way to Trump and turn into a policy. Because you've got Vivek standing in the way. You've got JD Vance standing in the way. You've got Elon Musk standing in the way. You've got most of Silicon Va…

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kids in mind in some cases. I assume that's the argument, right? But what parent would be in favor of that? There's no parent who would be in favor. So did people without kids make decisions for people with kids? I don't know what went on there. I don't know how such an absurd thing could happen.

Now I do suspect that Elon Musk had a bit of a fake, meaning that he was already talking about moving X. That conversation was happening. And if he's going to move X and the SpaceX, gravity is already in Texas or someplace else, you know it just makes sense. He wanted to consolidate his businesses where he spends more time. So it probably just means less travel for him and fewer taxes, fewer problems with the state messing with you. But I do like the fact that he tied it to a political event and allowed his communication to be louder because it was tied to an economic event. So it makes it look clear that California is giving up a lot of money to have these ridiculous laws. That law is just batshit crazy. There's nothing to even argue about it. It's just batshit crazy. You can't take the parents out of raising a decision as basic as the kids. Oh anyway, I don't have to argue it because you're all on the same page. Well let me test. Is there even one person in the comments who thinks that's a good law? I don't even have to look, do I? There's not one person here. I don't know how that gets approved. Quite a mystery.

Well, last night at the Republican National Convention was enemy unity night, I guess. Nikki Haley was there endorsing Trump. And Vivek gave a great speech, brought down the house, endorsed Trump. DeSantis endorsed Trump. Now that is good messaging. Because remember the whole point of Trump is he's trying to unite. So if you're going to be a uniter, I can't think of anything better to start that moving than getting the people on your own team to unite. And apparently he has. So the unity among the Republicans is the best I've seen in many years. And that's on Trump. Now it's on the luck of surviving an assassination, but that's on Trump. So during a Trump time the Republican Party came together. The ones who are still anti-Trump are just not serious people at this point. They're not serious people.

There's a question whether Vivek Ramaswamy would accept if he were offered to be the replacement senator in Ohio. And Vivek says he's going to talk to Trump about how Vivek can be the most useful, whether it's that or something else. And I'd love to know what the alternative is. Wouldn't you love to have that option? Hey Vivek, you don't have to even run for election. Could we just make you a senator? And Vivek's options are so good that he can say, I don't know, let me mull that over with my other opportunities. Just try to hold that in your head. Yeah, here's somebody that you never even heard of two years ago or whatever. And he did such a good job running for president even in an ultimate losing effort. He did such a good job that he's literally having a conversation, I don't know, senator without spending any money, without even having to run for it. I don't know. I'll put that on my list of things I'll consider. Do you realize what kind of talent is coming into the administration? Just hold that in your brain for a second. The level of talent that's coming in that even that conversation is a conversation. Is Senate good enough for you? Would like, you know, maybe you should be head of Homeland Security. Is there a better job that would make more sense? Oh, senator is okay. I could settle for a senator. I just love that story.

Anyway, Andre Horowitz, that's a big VC outfit in the Valley, are endorsing Trump now. If you don't know the players and you just heard, oh there's a couple of money people in Silicon Valley who kind of decided to endorse Trump, no that's not what happened. If you're a little closer to the situation, you know I live around here so just by osmosis you end up knowing the players. And Horowitz aren't

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just two smart guys. They're two smart guys that smart guys look to to figure out how to be smart guys. That's big because they are people who shape opinion. They're not just people with opinions. If you didn't know that you would think this is a small story. But when these two guys go public on the same side and unambiguously endorsing Trump, after you've seen Bill Ackman go, you've seen now ther…

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