What makes Elon Musk tick?
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🗓️ 27 February 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
On this episode, Libby Casey, Rhonda Colvin, James Hohmann, and Washington Post DOGE reporter Faiz Siddiqui take a closer look at “special government employee” Elon Musk who continues to upend the federal government, overseeing the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency while joking that he is merely “tech support” during his appearances at the White House.
What is the current relationship between President Donald Trump and Musk? Will his “move fast, break things, rebuild” Silicon Valley management mantra ends up disabling key government functions? When does he sleep?
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| 0:00.0 | As you've covered Elon Musk for a long time, you are now our Washington Post Doge reporter. |
| 0:04.8 | Is it Doge or the Doge? |
| 0:07.8 | Doge. |
| 0:08.6 | I've heard you say the doge. |
| 0:10.5 | I know I have. |
| 0:11.9 | I'm sure I said it at one point. |
| 0:15.2 | I think in tech, they kind of hate articles. |
| 0:18.8 | They like to say that, you know, here's iPhone. |
| 0:22.5 | And the CIA, they say CIA instead of the CIA. |
| 0:27.2 | But remember that, obviously, that famous scene in the social network where it's like, instead of the Facebook, try Facebook. |
| 0:34.4 | So in the interest of efficiency, doge. |
| 0:38.4 | Look what happened. Is this crazy? We stand on the verge of the four greatest years in the |
| 0:44.9 | history. Make America great Hickley. How can you be against them? |
| 0:55.1 | The no regrets slash and burn of the government continues as Elon Musk gets cozy with Trump's |
| 1:00.6 | cabinet and takes center stage. |
| 1:03.1 | Welcome to Sidebar from the Washington Post. |
| 1:05.0 | I'm your host, Libby Casey, and I'm joined today by Rhonda Colvin, senior political correspondent, |
| 1:09.8 | James Holman, columnist, and editorial writer, |
| 1:12.2 | and our special guest, Fez Siddiqui, who covers Doge and many other things in tech, |
| 1:17.8 | long history of covering a guy named Elon Musk, which has well prepared you for this segment, |
| 1:22.6 | and you even have a book coming out about Musk on April 22nd. Huberous Maximus, The Shattering of Elon |
| 1:29.5 | Musk. We're all going to be reading it next month. Thanks, Vez, for making time to talk with us. |
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