emergency interview! 🚨 chamath and friedberg are joined by senator ron johnson to discuss the looming showdown in the senate over trump's big, beautiful bill (0:00) david friedberg and Chamath Palihapitiya welcome Ron Johnson (2:30) the reconciliation bill process, how much this bill will add to the national debt... (14:33) problems with growing our way out of debt, why elected officials are avoiding the fiscal reality (24:53) energy rescissions, future of doge (32:09) how senator johnson will force a real review of the big, beautiful bill; future of maga and the conservative movement (54:15) next steps if the big, beautiful bill passes (58:35) post-interview recapshow more

@friedberg @chamath @RonJohnsonWI I hope you guys asked why the GOP refuses to codify the @DOGE cuts. Why did Elon Musk sacrifice so much, only for the GOP to drop the ball? It's ridiculous.

MANTIENE LA POSTURA 🫡 Pese a su actitud 'neutral', Roger Goodell se pronunció sobre las políticas de diversidad que Trump está implementando en Estados Unidos. Descubre qué dijo aquí. 👇 #NFL #RogerGoodell #Trump

@friedberg @chamath @RonJohnsonWI “I could end the deficit in five minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election.” - Warren Buffett

@friedberg @chamath @RonJohnsonWI Stop right there Senator. Elon maintsins not only was he stopped by Congress in every way, due to that treatment - his very life was threatened many times. Your real problem lies with a DO NOTHING CONGRESS and a self serving gutless GOP party. Do your job.

@friedberg @chamath @RonJohnsonWI Instead of 1 big bill they probably need 10 small and short bills that are simple, transparent and accountable.

@friedberg @chamath @RonJohnsonWI Super happy to see this interview. I hope the Senate sends the bill back to the house for the change that we really need.

@friedberg @chamath @RonJohnsonWI I think we need the Buffett law: "You just pass a law that says that any time there's a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election,"

@friedberg @chamath @RonJohnsonWI @RonJohnsonWI This is great talk. But how about those we elected take what DOGE identified and do the work rather than blaming Elon for not doing enough. Call out those not willing so they can be primaried.

@friedberg @chamath @RonJohnsonWI If we pass the BBB, our Federal Debt, based on the current trajectory, will be $60 Trillion in 2035. It's expected that the US Dollar will go to junk status at around $50 Trillion, so we can all expect the country goes to third-world status in 2031. A loaf of bread will be $1500

@friedberg @chamath @RonJohnsonWI Propose 50% DOGE findings to be approved in the budget and put the budget through Grok/OpenAI for an audit looking for line items that can be decreased 5% every year because of automation. Can we advocate for this? @realDonaldTrump @elonmusk

@friedberg @chamath @RonJohnsonWI Thank you so much for doing this, this is really awesome