Venezuela’s Exodus & AI’s Power 12/29/25

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Business News, Business, Investing, News

4.2 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

New AI could bring new challenges in the new year. Investor and entrepreneur Bradley Tusk discusses AI regulation and AI power demands on the horizon. CNBC contributor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera explains the factors–drugs, oil, China, and immigration–at play in the Trump administration’s campaign against Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro. Also in geopolitics, President Trump will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today in Florida. Plus, silver briefly topped $80 for the first time, and Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan has spoken out about tariffs, labor, and the biggest challenges facing businesses in 2026. Michelle Caruso-Cabrera 13:04 Bradley Tusk 29:29 In this episode: Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Leslie Picker, @LesliePicker Michael Santoli, @michaelsantoli Cameron Costa, @CameronCostaNY

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0:00.0	Bring in show music, please.
0:03.0	This is Squawk Pod and I'm CNBC producer Cameron Costa.
0:08.0	On today's episode, President Trump's campaign against Venezuela, the oil, drugs, and immigration factors at play with CNBC contributor Michelle Caruso-Cbrera. Maduro is in league with Russia, China, Iran, Hezbollah, and Cuba.
0:27.6	And with new AI comes new challenges.
0:31.6	Tech's year ahead with investor and entrepreneur, Bradley Tusk.
0:36.6	You need vast amounts of energy,
0:38.9	and if energy consumption doubles,
0:41.0	which is what the prediction is,
0:42.5	and if energy supply stays relatively flat,
0:45.1	obviously prices go way, way up.
0:48.1	Plus the rest of today's news that got us squawking,
0:51.3	Bank of America's CEO on tariffs,
0:54.0	and Blinken, you miss the changes
0:56.2	that come to legacy tech companies.
0:58.4	It's hard.
0:59.1	It's hard to keep up.
1:00.2	Do we know whether the Mag 7 is, will they be the new Mag 7 in the AI world?
1:05.7	It's Monday, December 29.
1:08.0	Is the Santa Claus rally on?
1:10.5	Gold and silver, asymptotic, silver is.
1:14.1	Squawk pod begins right now.
1:18.0	Stand Joe by, three, two, one, his mic. Here.
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