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On a podcast, Marc Andreessen said he has spent half his time at Mar-a-Lago since Election Day.
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He said he regularly discusses technology and economic policy with President-elect Donald Trump.
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Andreessen donated millions to the pro-Trump super PAC “Right for America” and other GOP candidates.
Marc Andreessen said in a recent podcast appearance that he has spent about “half” of his time at Mar-a-Lago since Election Day discussing policy issues with President-elect Donald Trump.
Speaking to Bari Weiss for an episode of her “Honesty” podcast, the venture capitalist and outspoken Trump supporter said he “doesn’t claim to be in the middle of all the decision-making,” but is trying to shape policy in a second Trump administration . .
“I tried to help in as many ways as I could,” Andreessen said. “Trump brings out a lot of feelings in a lot of people. People have very strong views. And then there are a lot of political issues that we, you know, very consciously don’t think about.”
He added that he is “not a Mr. Foreign Policy, or Abortion Policy, or Guns” because he is “not an expert in those areas,” but has instead focused his input on issues he has experience with, such as technology and economics.
“When I talk about these things, it’s about technology policy, business, economics and then, you know, the health of the country, the success of the country,” Andreessen said.
Representatives for Andreessen and Trump did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.
Andreessen was an outspoken supporter of Trump’s re-election bid. Business Insider previously reported that he has donated millions of dollars to a pro-Trump super PAC called “Right for America,” and available data from OpenSecrets shows numerous donations have been made to other Republican candidates and causes, such as the Republican Party of Michigan, Massachusetts and Wisconsin. , in the most recent election cycle.
Last month, Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, the founders of the powerful venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, celebrated Trump’s victory during an episode of their podcast, “The Ben and Marc Show.”
“It felt like a kick in the throat,” Andreessen said of Trump’s re-election. “Every morning I wake up happier than the day before.”
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