Is Elon Musk working for Donald Trump?
The News Agents
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🗓️ 8 October 2024
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Elon Musk has linked up with Donald Trump on the campaign trail - visiting Butler Pennsylvania and speaking to the crowds on the very spot Trump was targeted by a sniper back in July.
He's parroting the Trump lines - calling this the last election ever if Trump loses - and offering people 47 dollars to sign up swing voters in key states. Is it bribery? Is it legal? Does anyone care?
Later, will Labour's recent fiasco push Reeves to be bolder in her budget? Will she choose to borrow billions to invest? Is that enough to appease disillusioned back benchers?
And Boris is back spewing more lies about Brexit. We take you through what's real and what's not.
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:08.1 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:12.1 | His name is Elon Musk. |
| 0:15.0 | He saved free speech. |
| 0:16.5 | He created so many different great things. |
| 0:20.0 | Where is he? Come on up here, Elon. He created the many different great things. Where is he? |
| 0:21.5 | Come on up here, Elon. |
| 0:23.2 | He created the first major American car company |
| 0:27.2 | and generations and his rocket company |
| 0:30.3 | is the only reason we can now send American astronauts |
| 0:33.8 | into space. |
| 0:35.3 | Come here. |
| 0:36.9 | Take over, Elon, yes, take off. |
| 0:39.3 | As you can see, I'm not just MAGA, I'm Dark MAGA. |
| 0:43.3 | Dark MAGA, says Elon Musk at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. |
| 0:49.3 | As if somehow there is something more to MAGA than just winning elections. It's fighting in a way |
| 0:56.8 | that hasn't been fought before. We've heard of billionaires giving money to a campaign. What happens |
| 1:03.5 | when they're lending their algorithm? Elon Musk is now one of Trump's biggest, most influential backers in the world. |
| 1:14.4 | And he's offering to pay voters to vote for Trump. |
| 1:18.8 | Welcome to the newsagents. |
| 1:23.6 | The Newsagents. |
| 1:25.7 | It's John. |
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