All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · Friday, September 18, 2026

Governor Newsom's Past Doubts on High-Speed Rail Project Surface Amidst Cost Overruns

Newly surfaced video evidence from 2016 appears to show California Governor Gavin Newsom expressing skepticism about the completion of the high-speed rail project within our lifetime. This revelation comes as the project's budget has dramatically increased.

personGavin Newsom

The tape

2 quotes

“Governor Newsom in a in a video himself from 2016, I believe, actually admitted to all of us in a private video that he doesn't believe that this project will ever be done in our lifetime. He said that.”

“And Gavin Newsom even said in a private video like it's not impossible.”

Heard on All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg — “Nick Shirley: Exposing Government Fraud, Suing California & Taking on the Media”, published Friday, September 18, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.

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