LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman had some alternative phrases for enterprise capitalist David Sacks after he endorsed Donald Trump earlier this month.
In an open letter posted on X on June 6, Sacks praised the previous president’s international coverage and financial technique and lambasted President Joe Biden’s strategy to “lawfare,” accusing Biden of leveraging the justice system towards his political opponent on this yr’s election.
Hoffman was having none of it, writing in a separate publish on Threads that Sacks, in voicing his help for Trump, “obtained it flawed on nearly each rely.”
“Since Silicon Valley largely opposes Trump, he might have seen this as a ‘contrarian’ take that will match his podcast model,” Hoffman wrote in an prolonged Medium publish printed the identical day as his Threads remarks in response to Sacks’ letter. “Sadly, somewhat than originality, Sacks’ letter awkwardly regurgitates pro-Trump groupthink.”
“Each of America’s decisions for President are outdated, however solely certainly one of them acts like an grownup,” Hoffman added.
Level by level, Hoffman dismantled Sacks’ argument, declaring that Trump turned a convicted felon after being discovered responsible by a jury of his friends, evaluating financial and crime knowledge from the final two administrations, and accusing Sacks of echoing pro-Putin propaganda in his protection of Trump.
“The voters have skilled 4 years of President Trump and 4 years of President Biden,” Sacks wrote in his letter. “In tech, we name this an A/B take a look at. With respect to financial coverage, international coverage, border coverage, and authorized equity, Trump carried out higher. He’s the President who deserves a second time period.”
Hoffman sharply responded in his posts that Sacks “is studying the outcomes backwards.”
“In tech, we name this ‘being flawed,'” Hoffman wrote.
Sacks hasn’t responded at size to Hoffman’s disapproval, although he did reply to a publish on X critiquing Hoffman for taking two weeks to pen his rebuttal, merely including the “100” emoji in settlement.
Sacks’ help for Trump — and Hoffman’s vocal condemnation for it — comes as a rising faction of Silicon Valley elites have voiced their help for the previous president post-conviction.
It is not the primary time Hoffman has critically weighed in on the phenomenon. In an op-ed printed in The Economist earlier this month, Hoffman blasted enterprise leaders for supporting Trump, arguing {that a} Republican win in 2024 might be unhealthy for the economic system and will upend the authorized system that American companies depend on.
Hoffman and Sacks didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark from Enterprise Insider.
