Quote · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Secretary Pete Buttigieg: The American Dream Is DEAD. We're Running Out Of Time To Fix It!
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What's Really Happening in Iran?
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Bartlett uses Amazon's hiring decision framework — strongly not inclined, not inclined, inclined, strongly inclined — to force Buttigieg off the political fence. After initially deflecting, Buttigieg acknowledges he is 'obviously not to one end or the other' and then lands the headline: 'I think I'm more inclined than not.' [1] — Pete Buttigieg "Pressed by Steven Bartlett to pick from a four-option Amazon interview framework, Pete Buttigieg admitted he is 'more inclined than not' to…" 08:59 He immediately qualifies it: there is much he does not yet know, and the weight of the decision — particularly for his family — is something that only became fully real to him when he became a parent. He frames every decision to run for office the same way: does what he brings match what the moment needs? His pitch for 2028 is already implicit — an intellectual, young, gay mayor from the Midwest could not be more different from Trump.
When pressed using a four-option Amazon-style interview framework, Pete Buttigieg admitted he is 'more inclined than not' to run for US President in 2028.
Trump went to war with Iran not for strategic reasons but to escape domestic political heat from the Epstein scandal and cost-of-living pressure. Now the US is stuck, with Iran controlling the Strait of Hormuz and no clear exit.
