Musk and Trump! Best of frenemies?
Americast
BBC
4.3 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Elon Musk and Donald Trump connected on X to broadcast a long conversation which covered topics ranging from immigration, the economy and freedom of speech.
The pair have developed a close relationship in the two years since Donald Trump called Musk a liar at a rally. So what's behind their new-found friendship? And how could Trump's return to the platform he once dominated impact his chances at becoming president?
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* Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter * Marianna Spring, Disinformation & Social Media Correspondent
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | Donald Trump is back and we need to talk about it, not just back politically, |
| 0:09.2 | in fact he isn't really back politically, which is something we will get to, but he is back on X, formerly Twitter, |
| 0:15.2 | and that potentially really matters because of the reach of it. |
| 0:18.9 | Not only is he back on X, he's also talking to Elon Musk, X's owner, in a rather bizarre rambling conversation that could well be the first of many. They both enjoyed it. We listened so that you didn't have to, but it told |
| 0:37.6 | us some important things I think about Donald Trump's campaigning style, both its strengths and its weaknesses and it is |
| 0:45.0 | worthy of further conversation which we are about to have. Welcome to |
| 0:49.3 | AmeriCast. |
| 0:51.3 | AmeriCast. AmeriCast from BBC. Americans. |
| 0:53.0 | Americaast from BBC News. |
| 0:55.0 | There was blood pouring everywhere and yet I had God on my side. |
| 1:00.0 | Nothing can come in the way of saving our democracy so I've decided the best |
| 1:04.7 | way forward is the past the torch for a new generation you think you just fell out of a |
| 1:08.6 | coconut tree we're effectively run in this country by a bunch of childless cat ladies. |
| 1:13.6 | These guys are creepy and yes just weird as hell. |
| 1:16.3 | That's what you see. |
| 1:17.3 | Joe, you did such a great job. |
| 1:19.1 | You've answered every question. |
| 1:21.1 | Let Trump, America,ia, run wild brother. |
| 1:27.0 | It's Justin at home in South London. |
| 1:32.0 | And it's Mariana, aka Misinformation in Edinburgh. |
| 1:35.0 | Why Edinburgh? |
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