Noel King
π€ SpeakerVoice Profile Active
This person's voice can be automatically recognized across podcast episodes using AI voice matching.
Appearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And Sachs is very deferential towards him.
And they talked about what was happening to the crypto industry in, I think, a way that really resonated with Trump.
They were talking about being persecuted by...
the SEC Chairman Gary Gensler, how hard it was for crypto entrepreneurs to bank, you know, what the Trump administration could do for them.
Here's this empowering technology.
And keep in mind that Trump has previously called crypto a scam.
I think, you know, we've seen this like very quick evolution on that since inauguration.
But that was really the start of it.
And, you know, there's another quote in that episode where Trump talks about how Sachs introduced him to all the tech geniuses.
when we were at David's house and talking to a lot of geniuses from Silicon Valley and other places.
And that ends up being the start of this, you know, faction of the tech industry that helps bring Trump into the White House for a second term.
OK, so David Sachs goes from outside of the Washington, D.C.
establishment into a role in the White House, in the Trump White House.
What is he doing for Trump now?
You know, we weren't sure how serious it was going to be.
His title is the White House AI and Crypto Czar.
Trump and Sachs have a very close and mutually respectful relationship.
And he has ended up playing a extremely pivotal role in these two technologies that he has been put in charge of and developing.