What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Elon Musk and Trump’s Shadow Transition Team
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🗓️ 13 December 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Elon Musk has been down in Florida with Donald Trump, inviting his fellow rich Silicon Valley friends to stop by and weigh in on the next administration. How could policy and personnel be shaped by this input from successful (if totally inexperienced in government) individuals?
Guest: Teddy Schleifer, covering politics for the New York Times.
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| 1:01.7 | Back in 2016, most of the Trump presidential transition took place in Midtown, New York. |
| 1:09.3 | Yeah, it's just a lot of more meetings for the president-elect. |
| 1:12.4 | He's meeting with people across many different categories of the government. |
| 1:18.0 | People like Anthony Scaramucci. |
| 1:20.3 | That's whose voice you just heard. |
| 1:22.0 | Went in and out of Trump Tower. |
| 1:24.0 | Politicians, business people, even Steve Harvey would head through that distinctive shiny lobby trailed by a pool of reporters. |
| 1:32.7 | This time around, the vibe is very different. |
| 1:37.0 | Now what's happening is Trump is at Marlago and he is having these meetings with people behind the scenes. |
| 1:43.7 | That's Teddy Schleifer who covers politics and rich people for the New York Times. |
| 1:48.5 | And then a couple miles away at the Trump transition offices in Palm Beach, |
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