Rep. Chip Roy & MAGA Rifts & Russia, Ready to Negotiate 12/27/24

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🗓️ 27 December 2024

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Summary

Recent rifts in MAGA-world have taken place both online and in the House Chamber. On X, Elon Musk is sparring with far-right activist Laura Loomer over HB-1 visas, dividing Musk fans. During the government funding battle last week, President-elect Trump criticized Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), a vocal opponent of the Trump-backed spending bill. Rep. Roy explains his and the other 37 GOP votes against the bill, underscoring his commitment to smaller government and responsible spending. Next, Russia rejected a call for an immediate ceasefire with Ukraine but said it’s ready to hold negotiations. Richard Haass, Council on Foreign Relations president emeritus, breaks down the implications. Plus, Netflix set a streaming record with its Christmas NFL games and Richard Parsons, former Time Warner CEO, has died at age 76. Chip Roy - 17:21 Richard Haass - 27:03 In this episode: Rep. Chip Roy, @chiproytx Richard Haass, @RichardHaass Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Melissa Lee, @MelissaLeeCNBC 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.
0:07.0	Coming up today on Squawk Pod.
0:10.2	Elon Musk in politics.
0:11.9	He's making waves and dividing his fans.
0:14.9	All of a sudden, you have this turmoil inside Maga World.
0:19.1	Plus the rift among Republican lawmakers, Congressman Chip Roy, why he and 37 of his colleagues
0:25.3	voted down the pre-Christmas spending bill approved by President-elect Trump.
0:29.7	Everybody I've talked to you have said thank you, because they're tired of it.
0:32.9	President Trump didn't run on racking up more debt.
0:35.2	He ran on controlling inflation.
0:44.3	Then Russia rejects a call for an immediate ceasefire with Ukraine, but said it's ready to hold negotiations. Counsel on Foreign Relations President Emeritus Richard Haas on war and peace.
0:49.3	Something like a ceasefire in place, it would be more than Ukraine would want to give up. Less than Russia wants to
0:54.8	grab. All that and much more today. Netflix, drones, and it's tough to be a French billionaire.
1:02.3	Smallest violin in the world playing for the French billionaires. A very, very, very, very small violin.
1:07.4	It's Friday, December 27th, Squawk Pod begins right now.
1:12.1	Stand ander by in three, two, one, cue, Andrew.
1:17.3	Good morning and welcome to Squackbox right here on CNBC. We're live at the NASDAQ market site in Times Square.
1:22.4	I'm Andrew Ross Sorkin, along with Melissa Lee, the said Melissa Lee. It's very nice to see you. Day two.
1:29.2	Joe and Becky are off today. We've got a whole bunch of things going on on this Friday morning. By the way, there's a lot
1:33.1	that happened on X in the past 24 hours. We're going to talk about this whole Laura Lumer, Elon Musk,
1:37.1	free speech thing. We'll go there in a moment. But there's this. Vivek Ramoswami criticizing America's culture of mediocrity.
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