Billionaire internet entrepreneur Marc Andreessen reportedly lauded President-elect Donald Trump’s acumen in business and energy on Tuesday, describing him as “extremely sophisticated.”
“My analysis would be he is world-class on real estate and on communications. He’s world-class on both which is like probably the first person in the world to be world-class on both of those things, right? The real estate industry is not historically known for its great communicators.” Andreessen noted during a new interview with the Hoover Institution.
“He very, very deeply understands business. He is also one of the most successful business people, you know, of our time.” he added.
“He’s really good at wrapping his head around these things, I would say at energy. This is the other thing is, he’s now obviously been president for four years, so he’s learned about things to enormous depth.” he remarked, concerning Trump’s knowledge of the energy industry.
“I’m not an energy guy, but my energy conversation with him, he’s extremely sophisticated. The energy people I know know that he’s sophisticated, so he wraps his head around these things, I think, very quickly.” he continued.
In the conversation, Andreessen remarked on the number of Trump’s appointments and officials who were previously Democrats.
“By the way, it is amazing how many members of the key Trump team are former Democrats, right? Donald Trump is a former Democrat, Bobby Kennedy– you can write down the list. Tulsi Gabbard. You know, there’s a lot of these people, so there’s a broad-based phenomenon.” he observed.
Although Andreessen endorsed Hillary Clinton for president against Trump in 2016, he publicly supported Trump during the 2024 election by giving to pro-Trump PACs and advising the president-elect on policy matters.
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