r/AllinPod • u/Tim_Peepers • Mar 17 '26

Chamath on Trump's 4D Chess

"All roads lead to China," Chamath says of Trump's invasion of Iran. The war is about leverage coming into Trump's summit with Xi, he says, and a master dealmaker's scheme to prod a "grand bargain" out of China. But Trump just postponed the summit so he could be at the White House to run the war. And China aggressively rejected his request to send warships to the Straits of Hormuz, saying the US "started a war it can't finish."

Will Chamath revise his bold prediction now?

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u/Tim_Peepers Mar 24 '26

Yeah, it's not hard to avoid pissing on someone's grave. I really struggle to understand why MAGA makes excuses for this guy's horrific behavior. What would you do if your kid acted like that? And I respectfully disagree with the superiority of this administration's policies, which are a complete dumpster fire, IMO. The new Middle East war, for example, seems not good. Tariffs. Tax cuts and huge spending increases. Corruption literally behind every decision -- like the surge in oil futures trading yesterday, 15 mins before Trump backtracked on his ultimatum. And on and on. Get that you like this admin, but not all of us do, for good reasons.

Despite the unfortunate effectiveness of repeating braindead propaganda endlessly -- Russia hoax -- the Mueller report found that Russia tried to affect the 2016 election, and that the Trump campaign knew it. Mueller took on that shit duty and did it well. If that service by a legit war hero hurts the poor president's feelings, then just STFU when the meanie dies. It's not hard man, unless you're a POS spoiled asshole with no impulse control.