Trump: Send National Guard to SF, China Rare Earths Trade War, AI's PR Crisis

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg

(0:00) Bestie intros! Dreamforce and another interesting conference take the Bay Area

(3:35) State of crime in SF, do they need the National Guard?

(20:48) US to impose price floors after China puts export controls on rare earths, can America on-shore a full-stack rare earth industry?

(36:15) State of US-China ahead of the Trump-Xi meeting, how we got here, China's elite mercantilism and strong economic history

(52:59) AI PR crisis: Recent datacenters get denied

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Referenced in the show:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/us/marc-benioff-san-francisco-guard.html

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/san-francisco-cleans-up-for-xi-why-not-for-thee-242c67e3

https://x.com/the_jefferymead/status/1978130345200427334

https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/nualabishari/article/san-francisco-harm-reduction-managed-alcohol-19489131.php

https://www.kqed.org/news/11985941/sf-program-isnt-just-free-beer-for-unhoused-its-backed-up-by-research

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/jb-pritzker-won-14-million-vegas-playing-blackjack-rcna237961

https://www.ft.com/content/ca3b3254-e161-41d1-b459-bc3c83004e4e

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/business/china-rare-earth-export-controls.html

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115351840469973590

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115350455734003647

https://mpmaterials.com/mountain-pass

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/trump-track-meet-xi-south-korea-bessent-says-2025-10-13/

https://chinapower.csis.org/tracker/china-gdp

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-communist-party-holds-plenum-its-next-five-year-plan-what-does-it-mean-2025-10-15

https://www.economist.com/china/2025/10/09/xi-jinping-is-personally-involved-in-chinas-new-five-year-plan

https://www.amazon.com/Lee-Kuan-Yew-Insights-international/dp/0262019124

https://www.mearsheimer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/The-Australian-November-18-2005.pdf

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/can-china-rise-peacefully-10204

https://www.whitecase.com/insight-alert/china-imposes-extraterritorial-jurisdiction-and-50-rule-export-controls-rare-earth

https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/commerce-department-issues-affiliates-5215830/

https://www.amazon.com/End-History-Last-Man/dp/0743284550

https://www.amazon.com/Clash-Civilizations-Remaking-World-Order/dp/1451628978

https://www.amazon.com/World-Flat-History-Twenty-first-Century/dp/0374292884

https://x.com/balajis/status/1937517664907460980

https://x.com/chamath/status/1978584886329082098

https://www.datacenterwatch.org/report

https://x.com/chamath/status/1977794775148601541

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(0:00) Bestie intros! Dreamforce and another interesting conference take the Bay Area

(3:35) State of crime in SF, do they need the National Guard?

(20:48) US to impose price floors after China puts export controls on rare earths, can America on-shore a full-stack rare earth industry?

(36:15) State of US-China ahead of the Trump-Xi meeting, how we got here, China's elite mercantilism and strong economic history

(52:59) AI PR crisis: Recent datacenters get denied

Follow the besties:

https://x.com/chamath

https://x.com/Jason

https://x.com/DavidSacks

https://x.com/friedberg

Follow on X:

https://x.com/theallinpod

Follow on Instagram:

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Follow on TikTok:

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Intro Music Credit:

https://rb.gy/tppkzl

https://x.com/yung_spielburg

Intro Video Credit:

https://x.com/TheZachEffect

Referenced in the show:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/us/marc-benioff-san-francisco-guard.html

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/san-francisco-cleans-up-for-xi-why-not-for-thee-242c67e3

https://x.com/the_jefferymead/status/1978130345200427334

https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/nualabishari/article/san-francisco-harm-reduction-managed-alcohol-19489131.php

https://www.kqed.org/news/11985941/sf-program-isnt-just-free-beer-for-unhoused-its-backed-up-by-research

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/jb-pritzker-won-14-million-vegas-playing-blackjack-rcna237961

https://www.ft.com/content/ca3b3254-e161-41d1-b459-bc3c83004e4e

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/business/china-rare-earth-export-controls.html

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115351840469973590

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115350455734003647

https://mpmaterials.com/mountain-pass

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/trump-track-meet-xi-south-korea-bessent-says-2025-10-13/

https://chinapower.csis.org/tracker/china-gdp

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-communist-party-holds-plenum-its-next-five-year-plan-what-does-it-mean-2025-10-15

https://www.economist.com/china/2025/10/09/xi-jinping-is-personally-involved-in-chinas-new-five-year-plan

https://www.amazon.com/Lee-Kuan-Yew-Insights-international/dp/0262019124

https://www.mearsheimer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/The-Australian-November-18-2005.pdf

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/can-china-rise-peacefully-10204

https://www.whitecase.com/insight-alert/china-imposes-extraterritorial-jurisdiction-and-50-rule-export-controls-rare-earth

https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/commerce-department-issues-affiliates-5215830/

https://www.amazon.com/End-History-Last-Man/dp/0743284550

https://www.amazon.com/Clash-Civilizations-Remaking-World-Order/dp/1451628978

https://www.amazon.com/World-Flat-History-Twenty-first-Century/dp/0374292884

https://x.com/balajis/status/1937517664907460980

https://x.com/chamath/status/1978584886329082098

https://www.datacenterwatch.org/report

https://x.com/chamath/status/1977794775148601541

2025-10-17 76 min
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