Shamath Palihapitiya

I like Puppet Master.

I like Puppet Master.

We should call Sachs Geppetto.

We should call Sachs Geppetto.

It's absolute insanity. I actually just, I had just woken up because I was flying back to the United States for a board meeting. And so as I was boarding and on the way, I was just on my way to the airport reading it, mostly from our group chat. And I couldn't believe it, to be totally honest with you. I thought this is not possible in this day and age.

It's absolute insanity. I actually just, I had just woken up because I was flying back to the United States for a board meeting. And so as I was boarding and on the way, I was just on my way to the airport reading it, mostly from our group chat. And I couldn't believe it, to be totally honest with you. I thought this is not possible in this day and age.

Part of why I thought it was not possible was because I had elevated in my mind who the Secret Service were and that the job they did or that they're supposed to be doing is just so sacrosanct to the well-functioning of America that you only have the absolute best people doing that job.

Part of why I thought it was not possible was because I had elevated in my mind who the Secret Service were and that the job they did or that they're supposed to be doing is just so sacrosanct to the well-functioning of America that you only have the absolute best people doing that job.

And that job is to protect these handful of individuals in America, most importantly being the president of the United States, who are just critical to the functioning of the most important country in the world. And when you see the level of negligence and incompetence, my mind started racing. How is it even possible?

And that job is to protect these handful of individuals in America, most importantly being the president of the United States, who are just critical to the functioning of the most important country in the world. And when you see the level of negligence and incompetence, my mind started racing. How is it even possible?

I guess the only thing that I can come up with is that we need to figure out where incompetence ended and negligence began in all of this, because I think that's what's going to be the most critical. And we need to figure out the totality of what happened You know, if there were other people that supported this guy trying to do this.

I guess the only thing that I can come up with is that we need to figure out where incompetence ended and negligence began in all of this, because I think that's what's going to be the most critical. And we need to figure out the totality of what happened You know, if there were other people that supported this guy trying to do this.

And then the second I'll just say is Trump is an absolute legend. What a boss.

And then the second I'll just say is Trump is an absolute legend. What a boss.

I think it's more precise than that. I think it's way more precise than this. I don't think that this is like years of Donald Trump using violent rhetoric. I think this is years of mis... No, I don't. You cannot both sides this. I think this is years... Of course you can. I just gave you examples of it. I think what it is is that we have gone through years and years of...

I think it's more precise than that. I think it's way more precise than this. I don't think that this is like years of Donald Trump using violent rhetoric. I think this is years of mis... No, I don't. You cannot both sides this. I think this is years... Of course you can. I just gave you examples of it. I think what it is is that we have gone through years and years of...

literally the words that the former president has said being perverted and misconstrued and chopped up into soundbites that advance a mainstream media's agenda to try to vilify a person. And I think that that's an important thing to take a step back.

literally the words that the former president has said being perverted and misconstrued and chopped up into soundbites that advance a mainstream media's agenda to try to vilify a person. And I think that that's an important thing to take a step back.

I think we have to understand that the mainstream media has really gone out of their way to amplify violent rhetoric and to actually associate violent rhetoric with as a tolerable reaction. And I think that that is the thing that we need to now completely get rid of in our society.

I think we have to understand that the mainstream media has really gone out of their way to amplify violent rhetoric and to actually associate violent rhetoric with as a tolerable reaction. And I think that that is the thing that we need to now completely get rid of in our society.