What Next TBD: Elon Wins

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4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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As Elon Musk channeled his considerable resources towards Donald Trump’s campaign, there was talk about what his role in the new Trump administration would be. If his stint leading Twitter is any indication, the federal government could be in for a bumpy ride. Guest: Zoë Schiffer, incoming director of business and industry at Wired, author of Extremely Hardcore: Inside Elon Musk’s Twitter. Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Evan Campbell, Patrick Fort, Cheyna Roth and Alyssa Jeong Perry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:41.0	As Donald Trump was praising people on election night at Mar-a-Lago, the listening crowd
0:46.0	wanted to make sure he mentioned one person in particular.
0:49.8	Who did you say?
0:52.2	Oh, let me tell you, we have a new star.
0:55.9	The star is born, Elon.
0:59.4	That same night, Fox News's Brett Baer said Elon Musk might be the future of the Republican Party.
1:06.3	We've covered Musk a lot in this election.
1:08.5	His campaign appearances for Trump, his fundraising,
1:12.1	and his political action committee, America PAC.
1:15.3	But today, we wanted to tell a slightly different story about how Elon joined the Trump orbit in the first place.
1:23.4	That's why we called up Zoe Schiffer to take us back a few years.
1:27.4	We could definitely see hints of his kind of political transformation.
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