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Travis Kalanick

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673 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Grok 4 Wows, The Bitter Lesson, Elon’s Third Party, AI Browsers, SCOTUS backs POTUS on RIFs

But the president and the executive branch, they have to execute on that.

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Grok 4 Wows, The Bitter Lesson, Elon’s Third Party, AI Browsers, SCOTUS backs POTUS on RIFs

And that's what the key is here.

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Grok 4 Wows, The Bitter Lesson, Elon’s Third Party, AI Browsers, SCOTUS backs POTUS on RIFs

So they accused Trump of violating the separation of powers under the Constitution Act.

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Grok 4 Wows, The Bitter Lesson, Elon’s Third Party, AI Browsers, SCOTUS backs POTUS on RIFs

AFGE has 820,000 members.

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Grok 4 Wows, The Bitter Lesson, Elon’s Third Party, AI Browsers, SCOTUS backs POTUS on RIFs

In May, a San Francisco-based federal judge sided with the unions, blocking the executive order.

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Grok 4 Wows, The Bitter Lesson, Elon’s Third Party, AI Browsers, SCOTUS backs POTUS on RIFs

The judge, who was appointed by Clinton, said any reduction in the federal workforce must be authorized by Congress.

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Grok 4 Wows, The Bitter Lesson, Elon’s Third Party, AI Browsers, SCOTUS backs POTUS on RIFs

This is a key issue.

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Grok 4 Wows, The Bitter Lesson, Elon’s Third Party, AI Browsers, SCOTUS backs POTUS on RIFs

And the White House submitted an emergency appeal, yada, yada, eight of nine Supreme Court justices sided with the White House in overturning this block.

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Grok 4 Wows, The Bitter Lesson, Elon’s Third Party, AI Browsers, SCOTUS backs POTUS on RIFs

And so the reasoning, it's very likely the White House will win the argument of the executive order.

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Grok 4 Wows, The Bitter Lesson, Elon’s Third Party, AI Browsers, SCOTUS backs POTUS on RIFs

They have the right to prepare a rift.

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Grok 4 Wows, The Bitter Lesson, Elon’s Third Party, AI Browsers, SCOTUS backs POTUS on RIFs

The question is, can they actually execute on that rift?

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Grok 4 Wows, The Bitter Lesson, Elon’s Third Party, AI Browsers, SCOTUS backs POTUS on RIFs

And who has that power, Chamath?

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Grok 4 Wows, The Bitter Lesson, Elon’s Third Party, AI Browsers, SCOTUS backs POTUS on RIFs

Does the power reside with the president to make large scale or, you know, rifts?

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Grok 4 Wows, The Bitter Lesson, Elon’s Third Party, AI Browsers, SCOTUS backs POTUS on RIFs

Or do they have to consult Congress first?

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Grok 4 Wows, The Bitter Lesson, Elon’s Third Party, AI Browsers, SCOTUS backs POTUS on RIFs

Your thoughts on this issue?

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Grok 4 Wows, The Bitter Lesson, Elon’s Third Party, AI Browsers, SCOTUS backs POTUS on RIFs

You could have passed the EO, which triggered the lawsuit.

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Grok 4 Wows, The Bitter Lesson, Elon’s Third Party, AI Browsers, SCOTUS backs POTUS on RIFs

If he wasn't firing people, yeah, they probably wouldn't have felt the need, to your point, Travis, to actually...

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Grok 4 Wows, The Bitter Lesson, Elon’s Third Party, AI Browsers, SCOTUS backs POTUS on RIFs

file this.

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Grok 4 Wows, The Bitter Lesson, Elon’s Third Party, AI Browsers, SCOTUS backs POTUS on RIFs

But Travis, if you are living in the age of AI efficiency right now, operations of companies is changing dramatically.

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Grok 4 Wows, The Bitter Lesson, Elon’s Third Party, AI Browsers, SCOTUS backs POTUS on RIFs

Can you imagine telling somebody you can be CEO, but you can't change personnel?