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Reid Hoffman

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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Reid Hoffman on The Trump Administration | Elon Musk and DOGE | The US Defence Budget, NATO and The War in Ukraine | China, Tariffs and TikTok | The Future of Chips, Nuclear Energy, Quantum Computing and Climate

Now, that being said, one of the things that I think is part of the reason why I have been critical of some of Trump's supporters and some of what Trump has done is because there is, even in the first administration, there was some abuses of instruments of state for personal gain, for personal power.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Reid Hoffman on The Trump Administration | Elon Musk and DOGE | The US Defence Budget, NATO and The War in Ukraine | China, Tariffs and TikTok | The Future of Chips, Nuclear Energy, Quantum Computing and Climate

That is, I think, anti the spirit of anything in democracy, anti the spirit of anything in American. Those are the things that I would still continue to be opposed to in as much as they play out. Now, my friends argue, no, no, that's just the electoral path that when he talks about the fact that he is going to attack enemies within, or threaten to execute generals, or other kinds of things.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Reid Hoffman on The Trump Administration | Elon Musk and DOGE | The US Defence Budget, NATO and The War in Ukraine | China, Tariffs and TikTok | The Future of Chips, Nuclear Energy, Quantum Computing and Climate

That is, I think, anti the spirit of anything in democracy, anti the spirit of anything in American. Those are the things that I would still continue to be opposed to in as much as they play out. Now, my friends argue, no, no, that's just the electoral path that when he talks about the fact that he is going to attack enemies within, or threaten to execute generals, or other kinds of things.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Reid Hoffman on The Trump Administration | Elon Musk and DOGE | The US Defence Budget, NATO and The War in Ukraine | China, Tariffs and TikTok | The Future of Chips, Nuclear Energy, Quantum Computing and Climate

That is, I think, anti the spirit of anything in democracy, anti the spirit of anything in American. Those are the things that I would still continue to be opposed to in as much as they play out. Now, my friends argue, no, no, that's just the electoral path that when he talks about the fact that he is going to attack enemies within, or threaten to execute generals, or other kinds of things.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Reid Hoffman on The Trump Administration | Elon Musk and DOGE | The US Defence Budget, NATO and The War in Ukraine | China, Tariffs and TikTok | The Future of Chips, Nuclear Energy, Quantum Computing and Climate

That's just politicking. That's not something that we will actually see. I am hopeful that they are right, and I am hopeful that we'll get back to the business of America, which is business.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Reid Hoffman on The Trump Administration | Elon Musk and DOGE | The US Defence Budget, NATO and The War in Ukraine | China, Tariffs and TikTok | The Future of Chips, Nuclear Energy, Quantum Computing and Climate

That's just politicking. That's not something that we will actually see. I am hopeful that they are right, and I am hopeful that we'll get back to the business of America, which is business.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Reid Hoffman on The Trump Administration | Elon Musk and DOGE | The US Defence Budget, NATO and The War in Ukraine | China, Tariffs and TikTok | The Future of Chips, Nuclear Energy, Quantum Computing and Climate

That's just politicking. That's not something that we will actually see. I am hopeful that they are right, and I am hopeful that we'll get back to the business of America, which is business.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Reid Hoffman on The Trump Administration | Elon Musk and DOGE | The US Defence Budget, NATO and The War in Ukraine | China, Tariffs and TikTok | The Future of Chips, Nuclear Energy, Quantum Computing and Climate

If the administration were to engage in a lot of idiosyncratic political persecution, whether it's individuals, politicians, military figures, businesses that were attacked entirely for political reasons and the balance of politics versus legitimate reasons. Because sometimes people do bad things, whoever they are, and that's fine. But that that was the cause of what's happening.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Reid Hoffman on The Trump Administration | Elon Musk and DOGE | The US Defence Budget, NATO and The War in Ukraine | China, Tariffs and TikTok | The Future of Chips, Nuclear Energy, Quantum Computing and Climate

If the administration were to engage in a lot of idiosyncratic political persecution, whether it's individuals, politicians, military figures, businesses that were attacked entirely for political reasons and the balance of politics versus legitimate reasons. Because sometimes people do bad things, whoever they are, and that's fine. But that that was the cause of what's happening.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Reid Hoffman on The Trump Administration | Elon Musk and DOGE | The US Defence Budget, NATO and The War in Ukraine | China, Tariffs and TikTok | The Future of Chips, Nuclear Energy, Quantum Computing and Climate

If the administration were to engage in a lot of idiosyncratic political persecution, whether it's individuals, politicians, military figures, businesses that were attacked entirely for political reasons and the balance of politics versus legitimate reasons. Because sometimes people do bad things, whoever they are, and that's fine. But that that was the cause of what's happening.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Reid Hoffman on The Trump Administration | Elon Musk and DOGE | The US Defence Budget, NATO and The War in Ukraine | China, Tariffs and TikTok | The Future of Chips, Nuclear Energy, Quantum Computing and Climate

That's, for example, I think one of the reasons why this whole tariffs thing, which could be enormously destructive, is I think, is like, well, how do I apply tariffs idiosyncratically, like against my political opponents, but not for my political allies? Economic corruption. What if foreign actors are

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Reid Hoffman on The Trump Administration | Elon Musk and DOGE | The US Defence Budget, NATO and The War in Ukraine | China, Tariffs and TikTok | The Future of Chips, Nuclear Energy, Quantum Computing and Climate

That's, for example, I think one of the reasons why this whole tariffs thing, which could be enormously destructive, is I think, is like, well, how do I apply tariffs idiosyncratically, like against my political opponents, but not for my political allies? Economic corruption. What if foreign actors are

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Reid Hoffman on The Trump Administration | Elon Musk and DOGE | The US Defence Budget, NATO and The War in Ukraine | China, Tariffs and TikTok | The Future of Chips, Nuclear Energy, Quantum Computing and Climate

That's, for example, I think one of the reasons why this whole tariffs thing, which could be enormously destructive, is I think, is like, well, how do I apply tariffs idiosyncratically, like against my political opponents, but not for my political allies? Economic corruption. What if foreign actors are

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Reid Hoffman on The Trump Administration | Elon Musk and DOGE | The US Defence Budget, NATO and The War in Ukraine | China, Tariffs and TikTok | The Future of Chips, Nuclear Energy, Quantum Computing and Climate

Russia, others were transferring economics to people with political power in order to influence the U.S. and what they're doing. Easy ways to do that are like buy true social stock. Easy ways to do that are buy freedom coin or currency. Invest in businesses that, you know, people who are, you know, have a lot of political power are then essentially payoffs.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Reid Hoffman on The Trump Administration | Elon Musk and DOGE | The US Defence Budget, NATO and The War in Ukraine | China, Tariffs and TikTok | The Future of Chips, Nuclear Energy, Quantum Computing and Climate

Russia, others were transferring economics to people with political power in order to influence the U.S. and what they're doing. Easy ways to do that are like buy true social stock. Easy ways to do that are buy freedom coin or currency. Invest in businesses that, you know, people who are, you know, have a lot of political power are then essentially payoffs.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Reid Hoffman on The Trump Administration | Elon Musk and DOGE | The US Defence Budget, NATO and The War in Ukraine | China, Tariffs and TikTok | The Future of Chips, Nuclear Energy, Quantum Computing and Climate

Russia, others were transferring economics to people with political power in order to influence the U.S. and what they're doing. Easy ways to do that are like buy true social stock. Easy ways to do that are buy freedom coin or currency. Invest in businesses that, you know, people who are, you know, have a lot of political power are then essentially payoffs.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Reid Hoffman on The Trump Administration | Elon Musk and DOGE | The US Defence Budget, NATO and The War in Ukraine | China, Tariffs and TikTok | The Future of Chips, Nuclear Energy, Quantum Computing and Climate

All of those things would be in the category of disastrous things.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Reid Hoffman on The Trump Administration | Elon Musk and DOGE | The US Defence Budget, NATO and The War in Ukraine | China, Tariffs and TikTok | The Future of Chips, Nuclear Energy, Quantum Computing and Climate

All of those things would be in the category of disastrous things.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Reid Hoffman on The Trump Administration | Elon Musk and DOGE | The US Defence Budget, NATO and The War in Ukraine | China, Tariffs and TikTok | The Future of Chips, Nuclear Energy, Quantum Computing and Climate

All of those things would be in the category of disastrous things.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Reid Hoffman on The Trump Administration | Elon Musk and DOGE | The US Defence Budget, NATO and The War in Ukraine | China, Tariffs and TikTok | The Future of Chips, Nuclear Energy, Quantum Computing and Climate

Look, America benefits enormously from a global trade regime. The whole country gets a lot of economic prosperity. including things that support areas of the country that have more economic challenge. So you don't want to create trade wars. The trade wars will create a massive drop in prosperity in the US and in other places. Now, that being said, there are places that either have