Musk would let Trump back on Twitter
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 11 May 2022
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said he would reverse Twitter’s ban on Donald Trump, and all but one of the global investment banks in China finally managed to eke out a profit last year. Plus, a look at the new president of the Philippines, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.
Mentioned in this podcast:
Musk says he would reverse Trump’s Twitter ban, calling it ‘foolish’ and ‘morally wrong’
Global investment banks in China finally turn a profit
The Marcos revival: how late Philippine dictator’s son went from exile to election favourite
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| 0:00.0 | The FT News Briefing is supported by Equinole, the UK's energy partner. |
| 0:06.3 | Learn more at equinole.co.uk |
| 0:09.9 | Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Wednesday, May 11th. |
| 0:13.5 | And this is your FT News Briefing. |
| 0:19.0 | Elon Musk says he'd let Donald Trump back on Twitter. |
| 0:22.8 | I would reverse the homo ban. I was saying, I'm not... |
| 0:25.7 | I don't own Twitter yet, so this is not like a thing that will definitely happen, |
| 0:29.1 | because what if I don't own Twitter? |
| 0:31.3 | And global investment banks finally had themselves a good year in China. |
| 0:36.7 | Plus, the Philippines just elected a new president. |
| 0:39.3 | We'll explain why the new guy might seem pretty familiar. |
| 0:42.9 | I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:50.6 | Elon Musk was the starring guest at an FT Live event yesterday called |
| 0:54.7 | The Future of the Car, but the Tesla CEO broke more news talking about social media. |
| 1:00.4 | Specifically, Twitter, the social media company he plans to buy. |
| 1:04.0 | Musk said that Twitter's move to ban Donald Trump last year was a mistake. |
| 1:08.8 | I think it was a morally bad decision to be clear and foolish in the extreme. |
| 1:15.8 | And Musk said yesterday he would reverse that ban. |
| 1:19.5 | To talk more about his comments, I'm joined by the FT's West Coast editor, Richard Waters. |
| 1:23.7 | Hey, Mark, nice to talk to you. |
| 1:26.8 | Okay, so just a reminder, Twitter banned Trump last year after the January 6th |
| 1:31.2 | capital insurrection. What did you make of what Musk said about putting Trump back on Twitter? |
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