What Do Billionaires Like Elon Musk Want From Trump?

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🗓️ 22 October 2024

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New Yorker writer Susan Glasser says Musk has spent $75 million to support Trump. If elected, Trump promises to appoint Musk to head a commission to cut costs in every part of the federal government.

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0:21.8	Oh! This is fresh air. I'm Terry Gross. One of the most active
0:27.4	and ardent supporters of Donald Trump's campaign is the world's richest man
0:31.9	Elon Musk.
0:33.0	Musk and about 13 other billionaires
0:36.0	have become the financial core of the Trump campaign.
0:39.0	So what do these ultra-rich individuals hope to get in return and what have they already
0:44.4	gotten from Trump. My guest Susan Glasser investigates these questions in her
0:48.9	new article, Purchasing Power, or How billionaires learn to love Trump again.
0:54.0	It's published in the New Yorker where Glasser is a staff writer based in Washington.
0:58.0	Glasser writes,
1:00.0	Trump's time in the White House provided ample evidence that some billionaires could have extraordinary sway in a second Trump administration.
1:09.0	Glasser writes a weekly column on Life in Washington and is one of the hosts along with
1:13.6	Evan Osnos and Jane Mayer of the New Yorker podcast the political scene.
1:17.9	Glasser co wrote the book The Divider about Trump and his presidency,
1:22.7	her co-author as her husband, Peter Baker,
1:25.1	who covers the White House for the New York Times.
1:27.4	Our interview was recorded yesterday.
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