What Next TBD | The Elon-Trump Alliance

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🗓️ 18 October 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Elon Musk went from voting for Hillary to supporting Trump so hard that he may have broken election laws. And with Musk influencing both on X and in campaign finance, Democrats are kicking themselves for letting him go. What will his political and financial support actually amount to this election season? Guest: Teddy Schleifer, New York Times reporter covering campaign finance and billionaire influence on American politics. 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, and Cheyna Roth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I made you think you
0:01.6	My name is Cadence Sinclair
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0:14.3	Something terrible happened last summer
0:17.3	And I have no memory of what
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1:01.6	Over the last week, I've been thinking a lot about this photo of Elon Musk jumping in the air.
1:09.1	It's from a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania earlier this month.
1:13.5	The one where Musk joined Trump on stage for the first time.
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