Snapshot · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
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.
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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.
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