(0:00) The Besties intro Thomas Laffont! (6:22) Behind the scenes: Inauguration Weekend recap! (15:58) Biggest takeaways from DC during the Inauguration (31:38) Trump Executive Action breakdown (33:39) TikTok's grace period extended, valuing the business, US new equity strategy? (57:01) Jan 6th pardons, birthright citizenship (1:09:49) Stargate: $500B AI investment, is Masa the GOAT?, bull case for OpenAI (1:23:41) How electricity production capacity plays into the global AI race (1:36:20) Netflix's stock rise correlates with some alarming societal trends (1:47:40) BREAKING: AI/Crypto Czar David Sacks joins to discuss the President's three new EOs Follow the besties: https://x.com/chamath https://x.com/Jason https://x.com/DavidSacks https://x.com/friedberg Follow Thomas Laffont: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-laffont-02430914 Follow on X: https://x.com/theallinpod Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theallinpod Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theallinpod Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/allinpod Intro Music Credit: https://rb.gy/tppkzl https://x.com/yung_spielburg Intro Video Credit: https://x.com/TheZachEffect Referenced in the show: https://x.com/dontcallmeraylo/status/1882444994264629402 https://x.com/craigkellyXXX/status/1882170281722339700 https://www.wdsu.com/article/donald-trump-executive-orders-inauguration-parade/63486993 https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/us/trump-birthright-citizenship.html https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-14 https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed74.asp https://x.com/OpenAI/status/1881830103858172059 https://x.com/sama/status/1882106524090482701 https://x.com/GavinSBaker/status/1882081746877063677 https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1881923570458304780 https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1882303826214162580 https://x.com/satyanadella/status/1882340818289307954 https://x.com/GregKamradt/status/1881762305152872654 https://x.com/chamath/status/1881773205498876255 https://x.com/documentingbtc/status/1882530869010989287 https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/strengthening-american-leadership-in-digital-financial-technology https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/removing-barriers-to-american-leadership-in-artificial-intelligence https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/presidents-council-of-advisors-on-science-and-technology https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/489251-in-this-age-in-this-country-public-sentiment-is-everything https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1882083118032846868

(0:00) Besties intro Senator Ted Cruz; history of the "Come and take it" flag (2:21) Texas vs. California: how to approach building and entrepreneurship (10:25) Thoughts on immigration, serving in the Senate, over-politicization (16:55) How to create a bipartisan consensus on immigration, increasing prosperity through opportunity (23:54) How Sen. Cruz would approach Trump's first two weeks of his second term (29:02) DOGE's two major challenges, unlimited Congressional terms, ideology over party, the great political flip (35:22) Trump's strategy on Greenland/Denmark, Panama Canal, and Canada (42:45) Thoughts on Senate confirmation hearings Follow the Besties: https://x.com/chamath https://x.com/Jason https://x.com/DavidSacks https://x.com/friedberg Follow Senator Cruz: https://x.com/tedcruz Follow on X: https://x.com/theallinpod Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theallinpod Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theallinpod Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/allinpod Intro Music Credit: https://rb.gy/tppkzl https://x.com/yung_spielburg Intro Video Credit: https://x.com/TheZachEffect