Elon Musk’s Interview with The Economist & Lina Khan’s NYC Role 7/24/26

Squawk Pod

CNBC

Investing, Business, Business News, News

4.2 • 547 Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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In a nearly 90 minute interview, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk sat down with The Economist’s editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes. Beddoes shares her biggest takeaways from the conversation, including the most viral moments about AI regulation and Musk’s own relationship with the alt-right. Partnership for NYC President and CEO Steven Fulop discusses Mayor Mamdani’s appointment of former FTC Commissioner Lina Khan to lead the city’s Economic Development Corporation. He airs concerns about the appointment within the business community. Plus, Wall Street Journal reporter Gunjan Banerji discusses Wall Street’s rush to get first access to President Trump’s posts on Truth Social. CNBC’s Eamon Javers reports on the White House’s newest round of tariffs. Gunjan Banerji - 8:57 Zanny Minton Beddoes - 21:13 Steven Fulop - 36:15 In this episode: Gunjan Banerji, @gunjanJS Zanny Minton Beddoes, @zannymb Steven Fulop, @StevenFulop Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Melissa Lee, @MelissaLeeCNBC Eamon Javers, @eamonjavers Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie

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0:00.0	Bring in show music, please.
0:04.3	Hi, I'm CNBC producer Katie Kramer.
0:07.1	Today on Squawk Pod, when Elon Musk went on the record, the world's richest man spoke to
0:12.4	the economist on tech, on politics, even his personal brand.
0:16.4	We'll talk to the editor who did that interview, Zanny Mitten Beddows.
0:20.1	You guys had a lot of debate. I want to know how it ended. We ended perfectly amateur. I hope he'll talk to me again. We'll see. It was really interesting, but I think it was important to push back on these areas where I think he deserves being pushed back on, because I just think it's not right, what he's saying. Lena Khan made waves as head of the Antitrust Federal Trade Commission during the Biden administration.
0:40.3	Now she's got a new gig running economic development for Zohan Mamdani's NYC,
0:45.3	CEO whisperer Stephen Fullop of the Business Group Partnership for New York.
0:49.3	When you put people in prominent positions that aren't necessarily pro-business, it sends a message to the
0:55.7	business community that is mixed at best. And that's kind of where we are. Plus, trading on truth,
1:01.4	Wall Street firms are paying thousands a month to get a fast track to the president's posts on
1:06.4	truth social. Wall Street Journal reporter Gunjin Banerjee. Nanoseconds matter. We're talking billions of a second can make a difference in terms of
1:15.1	their profits or losses. It is Friday. Finally, July 24th, Squawk Pod begins right now.
1:21.7	Stand and under by in three, two, one, Q, Andrew.
1:25.9	Good morning, and welcome to Squackbox right here on CNBC. We're live at the NASDAQ market site in Times Square. I'm Andrew Ross Sorkin, along with Melissa Lee, hanging out. Joe and Becky are off on, called us Summer Friday. Is that what we'll call it? Thank you for coming in and hanging out with us. It's a pleasure. This early hour, very early hour.
1:45.3	President Trump hitting dozens of countries with new tariffs.
1:48.1	It's all happening this morning.
1:49.3	And Amon Javers joins us from Washington, D.C. with the latest.
1:52.4	What's happening here?
1:53.4	Yeah, good morning, Andrew.
1:54.5	Just a few hours before those 10% global tariffs expired overnight.
1:58.4	The White House announced a new round of tariffs that will
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