White House AI and crypto adviser David Sacks called on the United States to “declare victory and get out” of the Iran conflict, marking the first public dissent from a senior Trump administration official since the war began on February 28.
Sacks made the remarks during the March 14 episode of the All-In Podcast, arguing that prolonging the conflict risks destabilising the technology and digital asset sectors he was appointed to help develop.
“This is a good time to declare victory and get out,”
Sacks said.
The concern intensified after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reportedly listed around 30 US technology facilities, including major cloud and infrastructure providers, as potential military targets.
Iranian strikes on data centres in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain during the war’s first week disrupted regional cloud services, highlighting the vulnerability of global technology infrastructure.
The conflict has also influenced financial markets, with Bitcoin initially dropping toward $60,000 when the war began before recovering to the $70,000–$71,000 range as geopolitical tensions stabilised.
Sacks warned that a prolonged war could fracture political support for key US digital asset policies, including crypto market structure legislation and banking integration, which depend on stable markets and political cohesion.
At the time of reporting, Bitcoin price was $72,606.68.