Aaron Levie

I think we all knew that Trump would take action on this because it's one of the main issues he campaigned on. But I think if you had asked any of us four months ago, would this problem be completely solved, meaning border apprehensions completely stopped, border completely sealed within the first 100 days?

I think we all knew that Trump would take action on this because it's one of the main issues he campaigned on. But I think if you had asked any of us four months ago, would this problem be completely solved, meaning border apprehensions completely stopped, border completely sealed within the first 100 days?

I don't think we would have believed necessarily that it would get done so quickly, but it has. Recall that for four years during the Biden years, we were told for the first three years that the problem didn't even exist. Whenever the videos were published of caravans coming or throngs of people running across the border. We were told that these were cherry pick videos on Fox News. It wasn't real.

I don't think we would have believed necessarily that it would get done so quickly, but it has. Recall that for four years during the Biden years, we were told for the first three years that the problem didn't even exist. Whenever the videos were published of caravans coming or throngs of people running across the border. We were told that these were cherry pick videos on Fox News. It wasn't real.

Finally, in the last year of the Biden administration, they said, okay, we're finally going to do something about it. They took some limited actions. They said that doing more than that would require new legislation. Well, all of that was just gaslighting, it turns out. Trump came in, he restored, remained in Mexico, and other policies completely stopped it.

Finally, in the last year of the Biden administration, they said, okay, we're finally going to do something about it. They took some limited actions. They said that doing more than that would require new legislation. Well, all of that was just gaslighting, it turns out. Trump came in, he restored, remained in Mexico, and other policies completely stopped it.

He had this line at the State of the Union, which I think is exactly right, which is, we didn't need a new law, we just needed a new president. So I think that's area number one. Area number two, I would say, would be the vibe shift in the culture around wokeism and DEI. You know, how quickly we forget about this, but wokeism has completely collapsed. I don't know that anyone is...

He had this line at the State of the Union, which I think is exactly right, which is, we didn't need a new law, we just needed a new president. So I think that's area number one. Area number two, I would say, would be the vibe shift in the culture around wokeism and DEI. You know, how quickly we forget about this, but wokeism has completely collapsed. I don't know that anyone is...

endorsing in a full-throated way. Moreover, beyond just sort of the cultural aspect of it, I think we've had significant policy changes on DEI. Trump has basically ended DEI at the government level. He also signed an executive order ending the use of disparate impact for affirmative action. This is the policy that said that even if you have

endorsing in a full-throated way. Moreover, beyond just sort of the cultural aspect of it, I think we've had significant policy changes on DEI. Trump has basically ended DEI at the government level. He also signed an executive order ending the use of disparate impact for affirmative action. This is the policy that said that even if you have

a policy that's applied in a completely neutral and objective way, if it results in a disparate impact where different groups are represented in a different way in the outcomes, then somehow that must be racist. And that led to essentially engineering the results of various populations to basically fit quotas. And I think all of that now has fallen by the wayside.

a policy that's applied in a completely neutral and objective way, if it results in a disparate impact where different groups are represented in a different way in the outcomes, then somehow that must be racist. And that led to essentially engineering the results of various populations to basically fit quotas. And I think all of that now has fallen by the wayside.

And I think that meritocracy and colorblindness are back. The only holdout really has been these universities where Trump is now taking action against Harvard. And I think that ultimately we will win that battle. You see that even in relatively liberal companies, the DI departments have been canceled and they're moving back towards more of a meritocracy.

And I think that meritocracy and colorblindness are back. The only holdout really has been these universities where Trump is now taking action against Harvard. And I think that ultimately we will win that battle. You see that even in relatively liberal companies, the DI departments have been canceled and they're moving back towards more of a meritocracy.

So I would say that that's like big shift number two. And I think if any of us had tried to predict that a hundred days ago, we would have thought, yes, Trump will do something about it. But I don't think we would have predicted the total collapse of wokeism and DEI so quickly. And then I'd say the third area is, which is still in flight, is the reprivatization of the economy.

So I would say that that's like big shift number two. And I think if any of us had tried to predict that a hundred days ago, we would have thought, yes, Trump will do something about it. But I don't think we would have predicted the total collapse of wokeism and DEI so quickly. And then I'd say the third area is, which is still in flight, is the reprivatization of the economy.

That's a term that Scott Besson used, I think, that the Trump administration needs to reprivatize the economy. And I like that framing of it. And there's a bunch of different pieces under that. I'd say number one is Doge. Again, ending this hog-wild government spending. I do think that Trump has come into office inheriting a very weak Biden economy.

That's a term that Scott Besson used, I think, that the Trump administration needs to reprivatize the economy. And I like that framing of it. And there's a bunch of different pieces under that. I'd say number one is Doge. Again, ending this hog-wild government spending. I do think that Trump has come into office inheriting a very weak Biden economy.

that was being propped up by massive amounts of government spending that was not only stimulating the public sector, but it was also goosing the employment numbers as well. And we knew that that spending was unsustainable. We have to do something about it. So I think for the first time in decades, we've actually started to make real cuts in government, real cuts in the federal workforce.

that was being propped up by massive amounts of government spending that was not only stimulating the public sector, but it was also goosing the employment numbers as well. And we knew that that spending was unsustainable. We have to do something about it. So I think for the first time in decades, we've actually started to make real cuts in government, real cuts in the federal workforce.