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Silicon Valley billionaire and long time Democratic voter, Chamath Palihapitiya, has shared a surprising revelation about his experience with President Donald Trump on Friday.<\/p>\n
Palihapitiya, the Sri Lankan-born Canadian-American venture capitalist and CEO of Social Capital stated on his podcast that the media\u2019s portrayal of Trump had been lies and that witnessing Trump in person dramatically changed his perception of the former president.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the All In Podcast<\/a>, alongside co-hosts Jason Calacanis, David Sacks, and David Friedberg, Palihapitiya praised Trump for his charisma, intellect, humor, and unexpected kindness.<\/p>\n Palihapitiya:<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019ll give you two observations. The first is that I think there is a huge gap between how the media tries to portray Donald Trump and what he\u2019s like when you meet him in person. And that gap is really wide. So, I would say, specifically to Democrats and independents, you really do need to sit in the room and feel what it\u2019s like. David is right. He is charismatic, he\u2019s intellectually sharp, and he\u2019s funny. When you put that together, he can engage an audience for a long time and be totally extemporaneous.<\/p>\n \u201cThe other thing I would say is that he is very polite and he\u2019s kind in a way that was disarming and was not what I expected. I felt that I had misjudged him for many years in the past. I was very glad that I had an opportunity to sit beside him and to actually interact with him one-on-one. It was really engaging. That\u2019s more about the style. Then about the substance, what I would say is that it was not just a pro-American agenda, but it\u2019s very clear that he was pro-innovation. He was really supportive of AI in the details that he talked about.\u201d<\/p>\n He recounted a humorous moment where Trump complimented him and his wife, saying, \u201cYou guys are a really beautiful couple\u2026 Well, you must be really rich.\u201d Palihapitiya found this quite amusing.<\/p>\n Palihapitiya also admired Trump\u2019s willingness to engage in open discussion. He noted that Trump encouraged people to ask questions and share their thoughts, leading to a roundtable discussion on various topics including Iran, foreign policy, deficit, and debt.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s very much on your side of to really figure out how to get spending in order and get the deficit under control,\u201d Palihapitiya said.<\/p>\n .@chamath<\/a> says President Trump is completely different from how he is portrayed by the media.<\/p>\n \u201cHe is charismatic. He\u2019s intellectually sharp, and he\u2019s funny. And when you put that together, he can engage an audience for a long time and be totally extemporaneous. The other thing I\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/dac0RuL2or<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) June 14, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n This is not the first time the billionaire has defended Trump<\/a>. Last year, he said his Trump Derangement Syndrome did more harm than Trump himself.<\/p>\n \u201cAs a Democrat, who has been left homeless, who is now definitely in the center, but probably leaning increasingly right, I\u2019m left yet again with an appreciation, despite the messenger of the message, of the Trump administration, because what those guys did, was pretty incredible,\u201d Palihapitiya said on his podcast show \u201cAll-in-Podcast<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n He continued, \u201cThese Abraham Accords, the accords with Israel and the GCC, the almost accord between Israel and Saudi, to really be able to like find a long-lasting peace is just a real example for the world. And those guys did a lot of really great work.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a moment when you have to start to re-underwrite, is one\u2019s \u2018Trump Derangement Syndrome\u2019 causing more damage than anything President Trump could have done? And I think the answer is yes,\u201d Palihapitiya said.<\/p>\n \u201cBecause it is now causing us to not see that good work, and then embrace and extend it. So much of the work that happened in that administration turned out to have been right, and that is what is so frustrating for me,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n READ:<\/p>\n Billionaire and Democrat Voter Chamath Palihapitiya Changes Tune: Admits He Was Wrong About Trump, Says Trump Derangement Syndrome Did More Harm Than Trump Himself (VIDEO)<\/a><\/p>\n\n The post Silicon Valley Billionaire and Democrat Voter Chamath Palihapitiya Exposes Media Misrepresentations of Trump, Shares Eye-Opening Experience from Personal Encounter (VIDEO)<\/a> appeared first on The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Screenshot: All-In Podcast\/X Silicon Valley billionaire and long time Democratic voter, Chamath Palihapitiya, has shared a surprising revelation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nWATCH:<\/h5>\n