4/15/24: Trump criminal trial begins, major Tesla layoffs

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David Pakman

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🗓️ 15 April 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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-- On the Show: -- Tesla is laying off more than 10% of its global workforce -- Something very serious appears to have gone wrong with Jimmy Dore, formerly considered a left wing host, who has now bought in to every major conspiracy theory -- Former President Donald Trump's first criminal trial starts today with jury selection in New York in the election interference and hush money case -- Just minutes before the start of his criminal trial, failed former President Donald Trump explodes in an outburst on Truth Social -- Republican Governor of New Hampshire Chris Sununu stuns ABC host George Stephanopoulos when he admits that he would vote for Trump no matter what Trump is guilty of, and believes most Republicans would, too -- Donald Trump appears to lose the ability to speak coherently during a rally in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, causing some in the crowd to visibly wince in pain -- A tour of Trump rally attendees in Pennsylvania is truly a house of horrors -- A pro-choice Trump supporter interviewed by The Good Liars has no idea that Donald Trump is responsible for selecting the Supreme Court judges that led to the overturning of Roe v. Wade -- Voicemail caller wants an explanation from David for how the 2024 election could come down to 500,000 votes in just a few states -- On the Bonus Show: TV networks are pushing Biden and Trump to commit to presidential debates, how Biden's new student loan debt forgiveness proposal works, Fox News, Newsmax, Steven Crowder, and Tim Pool sued by man claiming they falsely identified him as a neo-Nazi shooter, much more... 📰 Subscribe to The Washington Post for just $0.50/week at https://washingtonpost.com/pakman 🛡️ Incogni lets you control your personal data! Get 60% off their annual plan: http://incogni.com/pakman ⚠️ Try Ground News and get 40% OFF the Vantage plan at https://ground.news/pakman ✉️ StartMail: Get 50% OFF a year subscription at https://startmail.com/pakman -- Become a Supporter: http://www.davidpakman.com/membership -- Subscribe on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/thedavidpakmanshow -- Subscribe to Pakman Live: https://www.youtube.com/pakmanlive -- Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/davidpakmanshow -- Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/davidpakmanshow -- Leave us a message at The David Pakman Show Voicemail Line (219)-2DAVIDP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm going to
0:16.0	Elon Musk's Tesla expected to lay off more than 10% of its workforce and everybody is seeing in this what they want to ascribe politically either to Elon Musk or to electric vehicles.
0:20.6	I think both interpretations are wrong here and I want to discuss it.
0:24.4	C NBC reporting Dow surges more than 100 points as strong retail sales and earnings
0:31.6	overshadow the Iran-Israel conflict but one company that is not
0:36.7	doing so well is Tesla Tesla will lay off more than 10% of its global workforce.
0:44.6	And it gives access, the article does,
0:47.1	to an Elon Musk memo that refers to preparing
0:51.1	the company for the next phase of growth, looking at cost reductions,
0:55.7	increasing productivity, and indeed there is going to be a more than 10% layoff of Tesla staff.
1:02.1	Now let me give you a couple different perspectives
1:04.1	on this that are being floated,
1:06.2	none of which I think really captures what's going on
1:08.6	and I say this, I'm gonna give this disclaimer
1:11.0	even though people said I no longer have to because I no longer own
1:13.5	the stock some people still think I do I used to own Tesla stock I sold all of it
1:19.3	okay I still drive a Tesla for a few more months, but then my lease is over and I'm getting
1:26.0	almost certainly something different.
1:29.2	So this has nothing to do with my personal connection to Tesla and quite frankly I don't you know I had such a
1:34.4	relatively small amount of stock anyway it doesn't even really matter there are some
1:38.7	who really don't like Elon Musk and are saying this is what Elon Musk has caused Elon Musk has ruined Tesla
1:46.2	it's terrible he ruined it just like he ruined Twitter by turning it into
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