Trump assassination attempt, Secret Service failure, Inside the RNC, VC liquidity problem

**Jason Calacanis** (0:00)
All right, Chamath, apparently the Rain Man, David Sacks, is now the architect. I think he's been working behind the scenes, according to a bunch of the news stories.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (0:08)
I like Puppet Master.

**Jason Calacanis** (0:09)
The Puppet Master? Okay, well, let's cut.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (0:11)
We should call Sacks, Geppetto.

**Jason Calacanis** (0:12)
Let's cut. We're going live now to the RNC in Milwaukee and live coverage, Sith Lord, David Sacks, are you there?
It's Palpatine. Tell us about your new empire, the center of Palpatine.

**David Sacks** (0:29)
Everything has proceeded as I have foreseen.

**Jason Calacanis** (0:50)
Obviously, Sacks, Trump makes his own decisions. You're getting a little bit too much credit, I think.

**David Sacks** (0:55)
Yeah, absolutely. No, I mean, I'm mocking, I'm satirizing the New York Times and Business Insider and all these publications are giving me all this credit. Listen, the president obviously makes the decision. He solicits feedback from lots of people. I was probably one of a thousand people, or at least hundreds of people, who offer my opinion. Obviously, I'm a big fan of JD Vance, but I think it's just giving me way too much credit.

**Jason Calacanis** (1:17)
In all seriousness, Sacks, you're there and obviously, you know, President Trump, how is he doing? How is he feeling in the wake of this absolute tragedy?

**David Sacks** (1:27)
I think he's doing well. He was in great spirits, I think. But let's maybe we should get into the assassination attempt. That's really the thing to talk about here.

**Jason Calacanis** (1:34)
All right, everybody, welcome back to episode 188 of the All-In Podcast. We have a full docket to get through today. We are here on July 18th on the taping of this, and it is five days after an assassination attempt on the former president of the United States and the likely 47th president of the United States, obviously President Trump. We're going to start with what we know. It's five days later. We're a bit in the fog of war as it is, and there are all the breaking news caveats that you can put on this. But I want to recap what we know now about this assassination attempt and get everybody's feedback on it. Last Saturday at a rally in Pennsylvania, a 20-year-old named Thomas Matthew Crooks fired eight rounds with an AR-15 at the former president. One bullet nicked Trump's right ear. This was confirmed by the president on Truth Social, and a Trump supporter tragically in the crowd, Corey Comparatore, was killed while protecting his family from gunfire. Two others were critically injured. Crooks was killed by the Secret Service's counter sniper team 26 seconds after he fired the first shot.
He didn't have a criminal record. He was not known to the FBI or Secret Service. He was a registered Republican but also donated $15 to a Progressive PAC.
And the motive is not known, so we'll just wait for that.
There were some leaks from a Senate briefing. I don't know if you gentlemen have heard those. That just came out and it was reported that Crooks wrote on July 13th on Steam. That's a gaming platform. July 13th will be my premiere watch as it unfolds.
He had a second phone. He had a detonation device in his pocket. There were bombs or some sort of explosive device in his car. We'll get details of that, I'm sure. And now we are in the phase of how the hell did this happen? Here's a picture of the rooftop. The closest rooftop was not secured and it was 130 yards away. The head of the Secret Service said they didn't put anybody on the rooftop because of its sloped surface. Obviously, this is being mocked on social media and questioned by journalists and anybody with any IQ points. The most disturbing part of all of this, aside from somebody wanting to murder the president, is the timeline. So ABC News is reporting on the following timeline, gentlemen.
510 PM, Crooks was first identified as a POI, person of interest, 530 He's spotted with a rangefinder, 552 He's spotted on a roof by the Secret Service, 602 Trump takes the stage, 612 PM. He fires his first shot.
We'll get into some clips and everything, but let me just stop here and get everybody's reaction to this tragedy. Chamath, your thoughts?

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (4:30)
It's absolute insanity. I actually just, I had just woken up because I was flying back to the United States for a board meeting.
And so as I was boarding and on the way, I was just on my way to the airport reading it, mostly from our group chat. And I was, I couldn't believe it, to be totally honest with you. I thought this made, I thought this was, this is not possible in this day and age. And part of why I thought it was not possible was because I had elevated in my mind who the Secret Service were. And that the job they did or that they're supposed to be doing is just so sacrosanct to the well-functioning of America that you only have the absolute best people doing that job. And that job is to protect these handful of individuals in America, most importantly being the United, the President of the United States, who are just critical to the functioning of the most important country in the world.