David Sacks on Newsom’s Trump Impression: Dems Don't Need Impressions, They Need Better Policies

According to Poly Market, Gavin Newsome is the early favorite in the 2028 Democratic presidential race. So, who gets the nomination? Is any of this even valid, Saxs, in your mind, or is it just too much time between now and then? Well, I think it's valid in the sense that you're seeing Democrats react positively to what Newsome is doing. And what Newsome is doing is mirroring Trump's style in an attempt to give Democrats what they want, which is they want a Trump of their own. And despite Democrats figning objections to Trump's style, this is really what they want. They want someone who they perceive to be a fighter. That said, I think there

are two problems with presumptively crowning Gavin as the nominee 3 years in advance. One is that what Nome is doing here is completely performative. Everyone can see that he's acting and he's aping what he thinks is Trump's style. Gavin comes across as being synthetic or plastic and you don't really have a sense of who the real person is. So, one is authenticity. The other is that I think that Democrats make a huge mistake if they think that Trump's popularity is based on his style. I mean, it's true that Trump has a trillion dollar personality, and that is very helpful in politics, but ultimately, I think the reason why Trump has done so well for a decade is because

he's been on the right side of a bunch of core issues in American politics that other people just weren't focused on or weren't talking about. So until the Democrats confront why they really lost, the reality is it's because of the policies and it's about the record. And until they're willing to confront those things and change their policies, then I think they're going to continue losing.