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

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Dreamforce and another interesting conference take the Bay Area</p> <p>(3:35) State of crime in SF, do they need the National Guard?</p> <p>(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?</p> <p>(36:15) State of US-China ahead of the Trump-Xi meeting, how we got here, China's elite mercantilism and strong economic history</p> <p>(52:59) AI PR crisis: Recent datacenters get denied</p> <p>Follow the besties:</p> <p><a href="https://x.com/chamath">https://x.com/chamath</a></p> <p><a href="https://x.com/Jason">https://x.com/Jason</a></p> <p><a href= "https://x.com/DavidSacks">https://x.com/DavidSacks</a></p> <p><a href= "https://x.com/friedberg">https://x.com/friedberg</a></p> <p>Follow on X:</p> <p><a href= "https://x.com/theallinpod">https://x.com/theallinpod</a></p> <p>Follow on Instagram:</p> <p><a href= "https://www.instagram.com/theallinpod">https://www.instagram.com/theallinpod</a></p> 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