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Today, Explained

The tech titans backing Trump

Today, Explained

Vox

Daily News, Politics, News

4.49.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are vying for Silicon Valley's support. Democrats typically get it. But Elon Musk threw his weight behind Trump in an interview last night on X. The Wall Street Journal's Emily Glazer examines a shift in the valley's values. This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Coming up on today explained, Elon Musk interviewed Donald Trump on X, formerly known as

0:05.2

Twitter Spaces last night. From Trump, there was nothing much new. Immigration, crime,

0:10.5

inflation, that catty semi-defense of President Biden.

0:13.6

And say what you want.

0:14.6

This was a coup.

0:15.8

This was a coup of a president of the United States.

0:18.4

He didn't want to leave and they said we can do it the nice way or we can do it the hard way.

0:22.8

They just took him out back behind the shed and basically shot him.

0:25.6

No, it's actually Elon that's undergone an evolution.

0:28.1

I've not been very political before I supported Obama. I stood in line for six hours to shake Obama's hand when he was running

0:35.8

for president and so it's not like I'm like some sort of dive in the world long-term

0:40.1

republic I'm actually I...

0:42.1

Both campaigns want Silicon Valley support and money.

0:45.0

Now historically, it's gone to the Democrats.

0:47.6

But this year, Musk is at the vanguard of a shift in the valley's values and some

0:51.9

tech titans are Trump curious.

0:54.3

Well I want to thank you and you know I actually always did think of you is

0:58.2

somewhat left I must say that so it's even more of an honor to have your endorsement.

1:04.0

I know how strong you feel about it.

1:06.0

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