Wednesday, February 19, 2025
The 7
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🗓️ 19 February 2025
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Wednesday briefing: Trump and Musk’s Fox News interview; free coronavirus tests; Bibas family; A$AP Rocky verdict; and more
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| 0:00.0 | You know, I wanted to find somebody smarter than him. |
| 0:06.5 | I searched all over. |
| 0:08.4 | I just couldn't do it. |
| 0:09.5 | President Donald Trump and Elon Musk were interviewed on Fox News. |
| 0:14.3 | That's where we're starting The Seven from the Washington Post. |
| 0:17.3 | I'm Hannah Jewell. |
| 0:18.3 | It's Wednesday, February 19th. |
| 0:20.7 | Let's get you caught up with today's |
| 0:22.2 | seven stories. The president and his tech billionaire advisor spoke with Sean Hannity in a joint |
| 0:32.4 | interview that aired last night. There was a lot of love to go around. Hannity showered his guests with praise. |
| 0:40.2 | Here he is talking to Musk. You were the chief engineer, for example. You were an early believer in |
| 0:45.9 | Tesla. You became the CEO and then the chief engineer, which was phenomenal. SpaceX, same thing, |
| 0:56.5 | which is unbelievable. |
| 1:00.2 | I mean, you were the first company, private company, to send astronauts successfully into space. |
| 1:04.0 | Trump and Musk were full of compliments for each other. |
| 1:07.1 | The pair insisted their relationship was thriving. |
| 1:10.3 | Here's Musk. |
| 1:11.1 | At this point, spent a lot of time with the president, and not once have I seen him do something |
| 1:17.1 | that was mean or cruel or wrong. Not once. |
| 1:22.6 | The interview comes amid increasing scrutiny of Musk's role and influence within the Trump administration. |
| 1:29.3 | Trump said Musk had ensured that his flurry of executive orders was being enforced, |
| 1:34.9 | but he steered clear of saying Musk was the brains behind any of them. |
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