Why Is Elon Musk Doing This? (Biden’s Loss For Words, Donald Loses The Crowd & Texas Loses Its Mind) Irishman In America With Marion McKeone

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Is Elon Musk showing off or does he genuinely intend to buy Twitter? Marion McKeone (Sunday Business Post US Correspondent) explains who the man behind Tesla really is and why this might just be a stunt. Later in the episode Jarlath asks Marion about President Biden’s difficult week and another choice of words that left a lot of world leaders cold. The Orange Lad needs new material because the crowds are staying away and shouting “we’ve heard it”. Is there a new hot political standup waiting in the wings? Marion has the answer on this and what the latest changes to abortion law in some states means. Finally Jar and Marion look at the weirdest celebrity court case of the week. To hear every episode in full and to gain access to the entire back-catalogue of over 600 Irishman Abroad episodes that are not available on iTunes for just the price of a pint every month visit www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad Supplementary research provided by John Meagher. If you would like a story discussed, get in touch, the Irishman Abroad Liveline is now open. You can now get in touch with us and feature on our shows by sending your WhatsApp voice note to 0044 7543 122 330. Why not pose a running question to Irish Olympic Legend Sonia O'Sullivan or ask our America Correspondent Marion McKeone her thoughts on a current talking point Stateside? Of course, if you have an issue with traffic or elephants on the loose in your area, Jarlath can do his best to sort that out too. Our charity partner is jigsawonline.ie. In these tricky times, Jigsaw provides a range of resources, advice and care for your people to help them strengthen their mental health and the skills needed to navigate life. Please visit their website and consider making a donation. For updates on future episodes and live shows follow @jarlath on Twitter, visit www.jigser.com or email the show directly on [email protected]. Disclaimer: All materials contained within this podcast are copyright protected. Third party reuse and/or quotation in whole or in part is prohibited unless direct credit and/or hyperlink to the Irishman Abroad podcast is clearly and accurately provided.

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0:00.0	My mother believed and my father believed that if I wanted to be President of the United States, I could be, I could be vice president.
0:06.9	Former Vice President Joe Biden has been elected President of the United States.
0:13.1	It is my greatest honor and privilege to have been your president.
0:17.3	We will be back in some form.
0:19.3	We are still deeply divided.
0:24.6	Public health experts warned this was coming unless more was done, and here we are now. Are you proud of what happened here today?
0:26.6	Absolutely.
0:27.6	Never before in American history, has there been an uprising like this?
0:31.6	Of the 75 million Americans who voted for Donald Trump, I don't know how many today are feeling,
0:38.2	dear God, what was I thinking? But I would wager a lot more our thinking, let's carry on this
0:43.5	fight. Character matters. It matters. Tell them the truth matters. The 21st century is going to be
0:50.4	the American century, because we lead not only by the example of our power but by the power of our example.
1:00.0	That is the history of the journey of America.
1:04.0	You're very welcome to this week's edition of an Irishman in America.
1:08.0	The non-COVID edition. Yeah, I feel like I'm over it.
1:11.5	We had to cut the episode short last week for the first time ever.
1:14.9	You can hear it a little bit still in my throat.
1:16.6	But for the first time ever I had to be going, I had to throw in the towel, Marion.
1:20.5	Last week I was literally like, that's all I got.
1:23.0	I got to go.
1:23.6	You know what? I have to say you sound a nuffla about this week, Charlie. But yeah, indeed,
1:28.3	you were, because let's face it, it's not often you throw in the towel on anything. So it was a measure
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