Did Elon Musk Win the Election for Trump?
WIRED Politics Lab
WIRED
4.2 • 244 Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2024
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
The election is over and Donald Trump has won a second term in the White House. The next several months—and maybe years—will be spent analyzing what actually tipped this election, but we at WIRED Politics Lab have a theory: Elon Musk. Throughout the election season, and especially in the homestretch, Musk has used his influence and platform to try to shape the results. Today, Leah sits down with Vittoria Elliott and Timothy Marchman to discuss if it worked.
Leah Feiger is @LeahFeiger. Vittoria Elliott is @telliotter. Tim Marchman is @timmarchman. Write to us at [email protected]. Be sure to subscribe to the WIRED Politics Lab newsletter here.
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| 0:21.7 | incredible. Donald Trump has won a second term in the White House. He declared his victory in the early |
| 0:29.0 | hours of Wednesday morning from his campaign headquarters in West Palm Beach, Florida. |
| 0:35.1 | Frankly, this was, I believe, the greatest political movement of all time. |
| 0:41.2 | There's never been anything like this in this country and maybe beyond. |
| 0:45.4 | The win was decisive, almost shockingly so. |
| 0:48.8 | Many of us are still figuring out the big factor that pushed the country hard to the right. |
| 0:53.7 | Here at Wired, |
| 0:54.4 | however, we have a theory, and we've been reporting on him for a while. Elon Musk. |
| 0:58.8 | Who did you say? Oh, let me tell you, we have a new star. A star is born. Elon. |
| 1:16.5 | This is Wired Politics Lab, a show about how tech is changing politics. |
| 1:19.3 | I'm Leah Feiger, the senior politics editor at Wired. |
| 1:29.0 | As we discussed on the show a few weeks ago, Elon jumped into the political conversation this cycle in a big way, endorsing Trump, |
| 1:33.2 | joining him at rallies, and putting a lot of money behind him, over $100 million. |
| 1:36.4 | Did his influence make the difference for Trump? |
| 1:38.2 | And what happens now? |
| 1:42.9 | Joining me today to talk about all of this and more is Wired's director of science, politics, |
| 1:44.4 | and security, Tim Marchman. |
| 1:45.1 | Hey, Tim. |
| 1:46.9 | Hey, glad to be here. |
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