The BIGGEST ISSUE With American Politics. (They Are All Lying To You) | Anthony Scaramucci

10/09/2024 1h 1min Episodio 81
The BIGGEST ISSUE With American Politics. (They Are All Lying To You) | Anthony Scaramucci

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In this week’s episode, I am joined by Anthony Scaramucci! Founder and managing partner of SkyBridge, a global alternative investment firm, and founder and chairman of SALT, a global thought leadership forum and venture studio. Prior to founding SkyBridge in 2005, Scaramucci co-founded investment partnership Oscar Capital Management, which was sold to Neuberger Berman in 2001. Earlier, he worked in Private Wealth Management at Goldman Sachs & Co. In 2016, he was ranked #85 in Worth Magazine’s Power 100: The 100 Most Powerful People in Global Finance. In 2011, he received Ernst & Young’s New York Financial Services “Entrepreneur of the Year” Award. Anthony is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and a board member of the Federal Enforcement Homeland Security Foundation. In 2022, Scaramucci was ranked #47 in Cointelegraph’s Top 100 Influencers in Crypto and Blockchain. Scaramucci served on President Donald J. Trump’s 16-person Presidential Transition Team Executive Committee, and in 2017 briefly served as Chief Strategy Officer of the Export-Import (EXIM) Bank and White House Communications Director. He is the author of five book, including his newest book “From Wall Street To The White House and Back”! Key Points • Post-truth dangers in today's America • The impact of demographic shifts in voting • Truth and lies on both sides of politics • Boldness as a key to personal success Best Quotes 01:46 - 01:59 • "We're in a completely unique environment. Sometimes I, I wake up in the morning recently, and I'm like, I thought politics were, were something that, you know, I know it changes all the time, but sometimes it just changes rapidly." 08:07 - 08:13 • "So, because not a lot of people want to tell you the truth. They want to go with, oh, geez, can't say anything bad about Trump. It could hurt my business." 14:51 - 14:59 • "We should want policies that are not hard, left or hard, right? But that are right or wrong for the society as opposed to hard left or hard, right?" 34:13 - 34:23 • "And so, so what I'm, what I'm saying to people, don't put your lifestyle on me. I won't put my lifestyle on you. But the left wants to do that. The hard right wants to do that."    

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