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

All right, Chamath, apparently the Rain Man, David Sachs, is now the architect. I think he's been working behind the scenes, according to a bunch of the news stories.

I like puppet master.

The puppet master? Okay, well, let's cut live-

Geppetto. We should call Sachs Geppetto.

Let... Let's cut. We're going live now to the RNC in Milwaukee and live coverage. Uh, Sith Lord David Sachs-

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... are you there? Oh, there he is. (laughs) It's Palpatine. Tell us about your new empire-

Jason-

... Senator Palpatine.

Everything has proceeded as I have foreseen.

(laughs)

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I'm going all in. So let your winners ride.

Rain Man, David Sachs.

I'm going all in. And I said- We open sourced it to the fans and they've just gone crazy with it.

WSI.

Queen of quinoa. I'm going all in.

Obviously, Sachs, Trump makes his own decisions. You're getting a little bit too much credit, uh, I think.

Yeah, absolutely. No, I mean, I'm... I'm mocking, I'm satirizing The New York Times and Business Insider and all these publications that 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 offered my opinion. Obviously, I'm a big fan of J.D. Vance, but I think, uh, it's just giving me way too much credit.

In all seriousness, uh, Sachs, uh, you're there, and obviously, you know, President Trump. How is he doing? How's he feeling in the wake of this absolute tragedy?

I think he's doing well. He was in great spirits, I think. But let's... Maybe we just should get into the assassination attempt. That's really the thing to talk about here.

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 gonna 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, uh, all the breaking news caveats that you can put on this. But I wanna recap what we know now about this assassination attempt and get everybody's feedback on it. Last Saturday, at a, uh, 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, uh, 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. Now, he didn't have a criminal record. He was not known to the FBI or Secret Service. He, uh, 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, uh, 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, uh, detonation device in his pocket, or a bomb, 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 the following timeline, gentlemen. 5:10 PM, Crooks was first identified as a POI, person of interest. 5:30, he's spotted with a range finder. 5:52, he's spotted on a roof by the Secret Service. 6:02, Trump takes the stage. 6:12 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.