Joe Lonsdale
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Should all of that be in the U.S.? Probably not. Some of those jobs are just not things we want. Should more of it probably be in the US for more of what we do? Probably. So listen, it's not totally insane. There's dumb tariffs, which is like tariffing coffee or vanilla, and there's tariffs that are too high to break things with our allies.
Should all of that be in the U.S.? Probably not. Some of those jobs are just not things we want. Should more of it probably be in the US for more of what we do? Probably. So listen, it's not totally insane. There's dumb tariffs, which is like tariffing coffee or vanilla, and there's tariffs that are too high to break things with our allies.
But there are tariffs that let us take away these barriers I talked about and put things back here. So it's not as crazy as people think. I think the way they implemented it was maybe a little too aggressive at first, but the reason they did that is to get everyone's attention. Yeah.
But there are tariffs that let us take away these barriers I talked about and put things back here. So it's not as crazy as people think. I think the way they implemented it was maybe a little too aggressive at first, but the reason they did that is to get everyone's attention. Yeah.
But there are tariffs that let us take away these barriers I talked about and put things back here. So it's not as crazy as people think. I think the way they implemented it was maybe a little too aggressive at first, but the reason they did that is to get everyone's attention. Yeah.
Well, let's let's be honest, President Trump, I think he has very good intuition in general. I think he also in general loves to be a center of attention and have to have everyone come to him. So I think making the maybe my personality would not have been to do is quite a big of a splash right away. I'm like, ah, everyone it off on a piece of PVC. But A, that's his personality.
Well, let's let's be honest, President Trump, I think he has very good intuition in general. I think he also in general loves to be a center of attention and have to have everyone come to him. So I think making the maybe my personality would not have been to do is quite a big of a splash right away. I'm like, ah, everyone it off on a piece of PVC. But A, that's his personality.
Well, let's let's be honest, President Trump, I think he has very good intuition in general. I think he also in general loves to be a center of attention and have to have everyone come to him. So I think making the maybe my personality would not have been to do is quite a big of a splash right away. I'm like, ah, everyone it off on a piece of PVC. But A, that's his personality.
And B, now they're all going to come make a deal. So you know what? There's different ways of doing things. And this is who this guy is. And if he makes some great deals over the next few months, it could actually end up being a great thing. So I think you have to say that there's logic in what J.D. Vance and President Trump think they're doing. And the jury's still out, is my view.
And B, now they're all going to come make a deal. So you know what? There's different ways of doing things. And this is who this guy is. And if he makes some great deals over the next few months, it could actually end up being a great thing. So I think you have to say that there's logic in what J.D. Vance and President Trump think they're doing. And the jury's still out, is my view.
And B, now they're all going to come make a deal. So you know what? There's different ways of doing things. And this is who this guy is. And if he makes some great deals over the next few months, it could actually end up being a great thing. So I think you have to say that there's logic in what J.D. Vance and President Trump think they're doing. And the jury's still out, is my view.
Well, they've definitely made a decision that they want to change the terms on which we're engaging. America has been subsidizing a lot of things around the world.
Well, they've definitely made a decision that they want to change the terms on which we're engaging. America has been subsidizing a lot of things around the world.
Well, they've definitely made a decision that they want to change the terms on which we're engaging. America has been subsidizing a lot of things around the world.
And that way we've been subsidizing it, they would argue, has been very good for people like me who are building the biggest companies and have a lot of capital and are able to invest here and around the world and partner, has been not as good in their estimation for some of the people in our working class and some of the communities that have got hollowed out. And I think
And that way we've been subsidizing it, they would argue, has been very good for people like me who are building the biggest companies and have a lot of capital and are able to invest here and around the world and partner, has been not as good in their estimation for some of the people in our working class and some of the communities that have got hollowed out. And I think
And that way we've been subsidizing it, they would argue, has been very good for people like me who are building the biggest companies and have a lot of capital and are able to invest here and around the world and partner, has been not as good in their estimation for some of the people in our working class and some of the communities that have got hollowed out. And I think
I think they want to change those dynamics a bit. I am concerned to have America still be a very important, powerful force to the world for good. I don't like the fact that even today, thanks to the Biden administration's actions, if you look at the ships that are going from Europe to Asia, they're going around the horn of Africa because we weren't strong enough.
I think they want to change those dynamics a bit. I am concerned to have America still be a very important, powerful force to the world for good. I don't like the fact that even today, thanks to the Biden administration's actions, if you look at the ships that are going from Europe to Asia, they're going around the horn of Africa because we weren't strong enough.
I think they want to change those dynamics a bit. I am concerned to have America still be a very important, powerful force to the world for good. I don't like the fact that even today, thanks to the Biden administration's actions, if you look at the ships that are going from Europe to Asia, they're going around the horn of Africa because we weren't strong enough.