Marc Andreessen

I would just say, look, I frankly don't even really have anything to say on that, just because I would say that we have a leader of the coalition and his name is Donald Trump and he is extremely good. at navigating this aspect of it. And he's extremely good at, you know, bringing together all the threads and then having it, you know, come out into the positions that he advocates to support.

I would just say, look, I frankly don't even really have anything to say on that, just because I would say that we have a leader of the coalition and his name is Donald Trump and he is extremely good. at navigating this aspect of it. And he's extremely good at, you know, bringing together all the threads and then having it, you know, come out into the positions that he advocates to support.

And obviously, as you know, he has this, you know, magical.

And obviously, as you know, he has this, you know, magical.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

So this is a big part.

So this is a big part.

100 percent. No question. I will just tell you, though, I mean, I'll just tell you from my exposure to it and from everybody I've talked to, if you talk to Trump people, what they will tell you is in the first term, number one, we didn't think we were going to win. We were outsiders. We were insurgents. We didn't have a staff. We didn't have a reservoir of people that we could draw on.

100 percent. No question. I will just tell you, though, I mean, I'll just tell you from my exposure to it and from everybody I've talked to, if you talk to Trump people, what they will tell you is in the first term, number one, we didn't think we were going to win. We were outsiders. We were insurgents. We didn't have a staff. We didn't have a reservoir of people that we could draw on.

You know, a very large percentage of the Republican staffing base had declared itself never Trump and they were not available to work with us. We didn't we so we didn't have a team that we could bring in. We were coming into Washington for the first time from the outside. We didn't know how the levers of power worked. We didn't know how to turn the lights on in the White House on the first day.

You know, a very large percentage of the Republican staffing base had declared itself never Trump and they were not available to work with us. We didn't we so we didn't have a team that we could bring in. We were coming into Washington for the first time from the outside. We didn't know how the levers of power worked. We didn't know how to turn the lights on in the White House on the first day.

We just didn't know how to do these things. And then we got this just incredible withering assault on day one and for the next three years of Russian spy, Russiagate attacks, every possible form of slander and attack. And so we were not ready to command the federal government in the way that maybe somebody who'd been in Washington for 30 years could.

We just didn't know how to do these things. And then we got this just incredible withering assault on day one and for the next three years of Russian spy, Russiagate attacks, every possible form of slander and attack. And so we were not ready to command the federal government in the way that maybe somebody who'd been in Washington for 30 years could.

you know would be in a position to do and then they have spent the last four years building the plan and building the team and building the machine to to actually do it and so it's this really bizarre thing that's all i think happened once before in american history where you have an incumbent who then there's a gap and then there's there's a second term and i will tell you the team around him has used that second term to plan and prepare and then i would just say if you look at the staffing that's taking place you know another thing people said was well in the second trump term it's going to be an even worse team because of blah blah blah

you know would be in a position to do and then they have spent the last four years building the plan and building the team and building the machine to to actually do it and so it's this really bizarre thing that's all i think happened once before in american history where you have an incumbent who then there's a gap and then there's there's a second term and i will tell you the team around him has used that second term to plan and prepare and then i would just say if you look at the staffing that's taking place you know another thing people said was well in the second trump term it's going to be an even worse team because of blah blah blah

The reality, I think, turns out is obviously the opposite. It's a much better team the second time, the caliber of people going in. And again, it's not even a critique of the people in the first term. It's just there's a cohort of people who are, you know, primarily ready to go, who are experts in all these areas, who have lived through the last four years, and they're all on board with the thing.

The reality, I think, turns out is obviously the opposite. It's a much better team the second time, the caliber of people going in. And again, it's not even a critique of the people in the first term. It's just there's a cohort of people who are, you know, primarily ready to go, who are experts in all these areas, who have lived through the last four years, and they're all on board with the thing.

And they're ready to go in and bring all of their expertise. And, you know, we could sit here and we could probably name, you know, two dozen people. who are at like the deputy or assistant secretary level in these key agencies who are just like off the charts good. And by the way, much better than the people that they're replacing in virtually every case.

And they're ready to go in and bring all of their expertise. And, you know, we could sit here and we could probably name, you know, two dozen people. who are at like the deputy or assistant secretary level in these key agencies who are just like off the charts good. And by the way, much better than the people that they're replacing in virtually every case.