Back to episode — Episode 3011 CWSA 11/07/25
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ue or false, you see something in the news. The first filter I put on it is what I call the category problem. Now, the category problem is that has the has something that sounds like this ever been true? Not this, but things that sound like it. For example, if you got an email that a Nigerian prince had this deal for you and was going to give you a bunch of money if you floated them a little money…
← Previous segment →at exercise would give you. Do you believe that's true? Category problem. It's a big category problem. No, I don't believe it's true. I do not believe that as soon as they're done testing on the rats, you know, in say 3 years or whatever, that they're going to have a pill that makes you young again or makes you feel healthier again in all the ways that youth does. I doubt it.
Well, the other big question, uh, oh, and then Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg are, believe it or not, they're on the A16Z podcast, which I haven't seen yet, but I imagine is an amazing podcast because that would be amazing people involved. Um, so I guess, uh, Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan were on, Dr. Priscilla Chan and uh they've created this initiative where they're trying to basically cure and prevent and manage all disease by the end of the century. All disease um by the end of the century. Well, that'll take some work. Anyway, uh do you think that they will cure all disease by the end of the century? I don't know, but I'm in favor of them trying. Sure. That you know, I always say that's the beauty of the American billionaires. If you're an American billionaire, you have a lot of pressure to invest in things that could be big, you know, benefits to the world, but the the government isn't on it for some reason. I mean, I would feel that if I were a billionaire. So, that's the good thing our billionaires can do.
James Carville said that he would quote bet a lot of money that Democrats will win in 2028 to get the presidency and the um and the house and that they would pack the Supreme Court to 13 people so they could control it. Uh he says at first they would do the normal bureaucracy thing where they would just have some committee and the committee would come back and say, "Oh yes, the fairest best thing we could do is 13 people on the Supreme Court." And then he says they'll definitely do it. And he says the Democrats will definitely win the presidency in 2028. What do I say in response to that? The Democrat will definitely win the presidency in 2028. Now, we're hearing also from a lot of pro MAGA people. Um, I think I saw Mike Cernovich say something on this this topic on X that uh we don't really have a Republican party that's strong. There's a there's a MAGA faction that's strong, but even the MAGA faction is empty without Trump. So that it's really just a Trump party and if he leaves that we don't really have anybody who could win. Is that true? Do you think JD couldn't win? Um, a lot of people act like he's the obvious choice. I've also acted like he's the obvious choice, but that doesn't mean he'll be the choice. It just means he's the obvious one from this point of view at this time, etc. And his skills are impressive. His his talent stack's impressive. He's not Trump though, right? And so what I say to uh James Carville is challenge accepted. I believe that a Republican can win in 2028, but that we have not necessarily identified that Republican. Not necessarily. Um but they would need some persuasion training, which I believe none of them have. I'd be happy to give it to them if they need it. Uh but trained properly in persuasion, uh I think a Republican who is at least Trumpy enough in in policies could win, but it would take tremendous skill. It would take a lot of skill. I do believe that Vance is somebody who could pick up a talent stack, you know, in an hour. Like that's that's the kind of intelligence we're talking about. Somebody who could learn a whole thing in an hour. Like a complicated thing and if they play it right, they can win this. But they don't have anybody, in my opinion, they probably don't have anybody who's the right person with the right training right now. Like if they if they had the election today, I don't think a Republican would win. But could they win in 2028 with the right positioning, etc.? It's doable. It's doable, but it's going to be hard. Like really hard, but doable.
Here's the weirdest part about 2028. The weirdest part is if Trump solves too many problems during his term, and he's on the verge of doing that, there won't be enough problems left to solve for a potential Republican. If the reason you voted for Trump is because of the border and it's just solved, why would you vote for the other Republican? You need
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another reason. The border was a real good reason because that was just so scary and so big and it it just had so much impact on everything. But what's the thing after that? Unfortunately, it's affordability and the and the Democrats are owning affordability at the moment. So, uh, there's going to have to be some problems that Trump doesn't solve just so the the next Republican candidate has somet…
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