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Batya Ungar-Sargon

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Honestly with Bari Weiss
26 Executive Orders, TikTok's Future, and Elon’s Arm

And I guess if I could just put a pin on this, which is that, you know, if Trump is willing to play them against each other, like no individual person can have that much power. Right. I mean, this was really a slap in the face to Elon Musk to be like, OK, look, I'm now, you know, this is my new BFF now. Right. Vivek is out. Right. He's been kicked out of Doge.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
26 Executive Orders, TikTok's Future, and Elon’s Arm

And I guess if I could just put a pin on this, which is that, you know, if Trump is willing to play them against each other, like no individual person can have that much power. Right. I mean, this was really a slap in the face to Elon Musk to be like, OK, look, I'm now, you know, this is my new BFF now. Right. Vivek is out. Right. He's been kicked out of Doge.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
26 Executive Orders, TikTok's Future, and Elon’s Arm

Marjorie Taylor Greene is now put in Doge. You will not find a better, you know, more America first person than Marjorie Taylor Greene. So I really do think, you know, Steve Bannon, you know, he said that he would have gotten rid of Elon Musk's influence by inauguration. And there are some signs that Steve Bannon has been successful.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
26 Executive Orders, TikTok's Future, and Elon’s Arm

Marjorie Taylor Greene is now put in Doge. You will not find a better, you know, more America first person than Marjorie Taylor Greene. So I really do think, you know, Steve Bannon, you know, he said that he would have gotten rid of Elon Musk's influence by inauguration. And there are some signs that Steve Bannon has been successful.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
26 Executive Orders, TikTok's Future, and Elon’s Arm

Marjorie Taylor Greene is now put in Doge. You will not find a better, you know, more America first person than Marjorie Taylor Greene. So I really do think, you know, Steve Bannon, you know, he said that he would have gotten rid of Elon Musk's influence by inauguration. And there are some signs that Steve Bannon has been successful.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
26 Executive Orders, TikTok's Future, and Elon’s Arm

It's too soon to tell. I'm watching very closely. You know, the H-1B thing was evidence to your argument, right? Because he yesterday was asked about that during the presser and he said he supports them. And before he had said he opposed them very strenuously. But, you know, it really remains to be seen. TikTok, right? China, immigration.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
26 Executive Orders, TikTok's Future, and Elon’s Arm

It's too soon to tell. I'm watching very closely. You know, the H-1B thing was evidence to your argument, right? Because he yesterday was asked about that during the presser and he said he supports them. And before he had said he opposed them very strenuously. But, you know, it really remains to be seen. TikTok, right? China, immigration.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
26 Executive Orders, TikTok's Future, and Elon’s Arm

It's too soon to tell. I'm watching very closely. You know, the H-1B thing was evidence to your argument, right? Because he yesterday was asked about that during the presser and he said he supports them. And before he had said he opposed them very strenuously. But, you know, it really remains to be seen. TikTok, right? China, immigration.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
26 Executive Orders, TikTok's Future, and Elon’s Arm

These are all issues that are very, very important and in which the tech bro oligarchy is at odds with the MAGA base. So these are all going to be issues that we should all be watching very closely to see in which direction Donald Trump is going to head and to see who has the power in this relationship. Is Trump being led by the tech bros or are they being led by him?

Honestly with Bari Weiss
26 Executive Orders, TikTok's Future, and Elon’s Arm

These are all issues that are very, very important and in which the tech bro oligarchy is at odds with the MAGA base. So these are all going to be issues that we should all be watching very closely to see in which direction Donald Trump is going to head and to see who has the power in this relationship. Is Trump being led by the tech bros or are they being led by him?

Honestly with Bari Weiss
26 Executive Orders, TikTok's Future, and Elon’s Arm

These are all issues that are very, very important and in which the tech bro oligarchy is at odds with the MAGA base. So these are all going to be issues that we should all be watching very closely to see in which direction Donald Trump is going to head and to see who has the power in this relationship. Is Trump being led by the tech bros or are they being led by him?

Honestly with Bari Weiss
26 Executive Orders, TikTok's Future, and Elon’s Arm

I just think he has so little to gain at this point to squander his legacy to curry favor with them. He needs nothing from them at this point. He's not going to run again. So he needs nothing from them. He loves to bring people into the office and say, look, I raised $500 billion for AI plants that we're going to build here.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
26 Executive Orders, TikTok's Future, and Elon’s Arm

I just think he has so little to gain at this point to squander his legacy to curry favor with them. He needs nothing from them at this point. He's not going to run again. So he needs nothing from them. He loves to bring people into the office and say, look, I raised $500 billion for AI plants that we're going to build here.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
26 Executive Orders, TikTok's Future, and Elon’s Arm

I just think he has so little to gain at this point to squander his legacy to curry favor with them. He needs nothing from them at this point. He's not going to run again. So he needs nothing from them. He loves to bring people into the office and say, look, I raised $500 billion for AI plants that we're going to build here.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
26 Executive Orders, TikTok's Future, and Elon’s Arm

And they were promising yesterday that they're going to be able to screen people for cancer and create cancer vaccines out of AI. I mean, he loves to do this. But at the end of the day, they need him a lot more than he needs them. But I am open to the idea that it's going to go in the other direction. I'm watching closely.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
26 Executive Orders, TikTok's Future, and Elon’s Arm

And they were promising yesterday that they're going to be able to screen people for cancer and create cancer vaccines out of AI. I mean, he loves to do this. But at the end of the day, they need him a lot more than he needs them. But I am open to the idea that it's going to go in the other direction. I'm watching closely.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
26 Executive Orders, TikTok's Future, and Elon’s Arm

And they were promising yesterday that they're going to be able to screen people for cancer and create cancer vaccines out of AI. I mean, he loves to do this. But at the end of the day, they need him a lot more than he needs them. But I am open to the idea that it's going to go in the other direction. I'm watching closely.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
26 Executive Orders, TikTok's Future, and Elon’s Arm

Yeah, I think I have like more credibility to defend him on this issue than anybody else as someone who's like literally can't stop criticizing him on everything. I will say when AOC came out, so the ADL even came out, the ADL, like one of the wokest American Jewish organizations came out and was like, we get that people are upset, not a Heil Hitler.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
26 Executive Orders, TikTok's Future, and Elon’s Arm

Yeah, I think I have like more credibility to defend him on this issue than anybody else as someone who's like literally can't stop criticizing him on everything. I will say when AOC came out, so the ADL even came out, the ADL, like one of the wokest American Jewish organizations came out and was like, we get that people are upset, not a Heil Hitler.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
26 Executive Orders, TikTok's Future, and Elon’s Arm

Yeah, I think I have like more credibility to defend him on this issue than anybody else as someone who's like literally can't stop criticizing him on everything. I will say when AOC came out, so the ADL even came out, the ADL, like one of the wokest American Jewish organizations came out and was like, we get that people are upset, not a Heil Hitler.