Will Elon Musk Tip the Election for Trump?
WIRED Politics Lab
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4.2 • 244 Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2024
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
You might know him from Tesla and SpaceX, but now Elon Musk spends a lot of his time campaigning for former president Donald Trump. WIRED’s David Gilbert and Vittoria Elliott join Leah to talk about what Musk gets from going all in on Trump — and whether he’ll win Trump the White House.
Leah Feiger is @LeahFeiger. David Gilbert is @DaithaiGilbert. Vittoria Elliott is @telliotter. Write to us at [email protected]. Be sure to subscribe to the WIRED Politics Lab newsletter here.
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| 0:18.9 | This is Wired Politics Lab, a show about how tech is changing politics. |
| 0:24.0 | I'm Leah Feiger, the senior politics editor at Wired. |
| 0:27.9 | Last weekend, Donald Trump returned to Butler, Pennsylvania, to hold a rally in the same place he was shot nearly three months ago. |
| 0:37.2 | Our movement to make America great again stand stronger, prouder, more united, more determined, |
| 0:45.2 | and nearer to victory than ever before. We're going to make America great again. |
| 0:50.8 | Going to win the election. Going to win the election. |
| 0:59.0 | During his hour and a half long speech, Trump rattled off some of the hits. The borders aren't safe. |
| 1:01.0 | The Democrats will cheat in the election. |
| 1:03.0 | But Trump also had something new to offer at this rally, a special guest. |
| 1:07.0 | He created the first major American car company and generations, and his rocket company is the only |
| 1:15.5 | reason we can now send American astronauts into space. |
| 1:19.9 | Elon Musk. |
| 1:21.4 | Take over, Elon. |
| 1:25.3 | Over the last few weeks, Musk has become the most important Trump supporter there is, |
| 1:29.8 | from his donations totaling millions of dollars to his promotion of conspiracy theories on X, |
| 1:35.0 | the social platform he owns. |
| 1:36.8 | This is no ordinary election. |
| 1:41.1 | The other side wants to take away your freedom of speech. |
| 1:46.3 | They want to take away your right to bear arms. |
| 1:50.4 | They want to take away your right to vote effectively. |
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