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Batya Ungar-Sargon

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1590 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

Honestly with Bari Weiss
L.A. Fires, MAGA's Schism, and Meta's Big Pivot

I will make the case, and then you can tell me why you think this is not true. But I mean, basically, let's look at what it has accomplished so far, okay? The first accomplishment of Elon Musk has been to tank a spending bill, and the total top beneficiary of that action was China because there were limits in the first bill on investments in China that were taken out of the second bill.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
L.A. Fires, MAGA's Schism, and Meta's Big Pivot

I will make the case, and then you can tell me why you think this is not true. But I mean, basically, let's look at what it has accomplished so far, okay? The first accomplishment of Elon Musk has been to tank a spending bill, and the total top beneficiary of that action was China because there were limits in the first bill on investments in China that were taken out of the second bill.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
L.A. Fires, MAGA's Schism, and Meta's Big Pivot

I will make the case, and then you can tell me why you think this is not true. But I mean, basically, let's look at what it has accomplished so far, okay? The first accomplishment of Elon Musk has been to tank a spending bill, and the total top beneficiary of that action was China because there were limits in the first bill on investments in China that were taken out of the second bill.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
L.A. Fires, MAGA's Schism, and Meta's Big Pivot

And I remember thinking to myself when Elon Musk was jumping up and down on stage next to Trump, it's so interesting that Elon Musk whose entire supply chain is in China, who built a showroom for Tesla in the Xinjiang region of China where the Uyghurs are being genocided, that he is being given the green light by Xi Jinping to try to help Donald Trump win.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
L.A. Fires, MAGA's Schism, and Meta's Big Pivot

And I remember thinking to myself when Elon Musk was jumping up and down on stage next to Trump, it's so interesting that Elon Musk whose entire supply chain is in China, who built a showroom for Tesla in the Xinjiang region of China where the Uyghurs are being genocided, that he is being given the green light by Xi Jinping to try to help Donald Trump win.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
L.A. Fires, MAGA's Schism, and Meta's Big Pivot

And I remember thinking to myself when Elon Musk was jumping up and down on stage next to Trump, it's so interesting that Elon Musk whose entire supply chain is in China, who built a showroom for Tesla in the Xinjiang region of China where the Uyghurs are being genocided, that he is being given the green light by Xi Jinping to try to help Donald Trump win.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
L.A. Fires, MAGA's Schism, and Meta's Big Pivot

Because of course, Xi Jinping would rather the Democrats win. They're much softer on China than Donald Trump is. But look how much China has already gotten for bang for its buck. And Trump's not even in office yet. They've got somebody who has never said a negative word about China. I mean, never. Now is number two to the throne.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
L.A. Fires, MAGA's Schism, and Meta's Big Pivot

Because of course, Xi Jinping would rather the Democrats win. They're much softer on China than Donald Trump is. But look how much China has already gotten for bang for its buck. And Trump's not even in office yet. They've got somebody who has never said a negative word about China. I mean, never. Now is number two to the throne.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
L.A. Fires, MAGA's Schism, and Meta's Big Pivot

Because of course, Xi Jinping would rather the Democrats win. They're much softer on China than Donald Trump is. But look how much China has already gotten for bang for its buck. And Trump's not even in office yet. They've got somebody who has never said a negative word about China. I mean, never. Now is number two to the throne.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
L.A. Fires, MAGA's Schism, and Meta's Big Pivot

So two things. The first is we are not winning if our neighbors are poor. It's not winning when our GDP goes up and 90% of that goes into Elon Musk's pocket. That is not what winning looks like. Winning is when you have a middle class that is stable, children that are upwardly mobile, who are living in safe neighborhoods, whose parents know where their retirement is coming from.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
L.A. Fires, MAGA's Schism, and Meta's Big Pivot

So two things. The first is we are not winning if our neighbors are poor. It's not winning when our GDP goes up and 90% of that goes into Elon Musk's pocket. That is not what winning looks like. Winning is when you have a middle class that is stable, children that are upwardly mobile, who are living in safe neighborhoods, whose parents know where their retirement is coming from.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
L.A. Fires, MAGA's Schism, and Meta's Big Pivot

So two things. The first is we are not winning if our neighbors are poor. It's not winning when our GDP goes up and 90% of that goes into Elon Musk's pocket. That is not what winning looks like. Winning is when you have a middle class that is stable, children that are upwardly mobile, who are living in safe neighborhoods, whose parents know where their retirement is coming from.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
L.A. Fires, MAGA's Schism, and Meta's Big Pivot

You know, like that's what winning looks like. It's not just a GDP number is not winning, but also all of these supposed best and brightest are literally being trained here in the U.S. Like they're coming here, they're paying sticker ticket prices for our universities, and that is how they get fed into the sector. They have no like, this is not like a special talent pool of uniqueness. talent.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
L.A. Fires, MAGA's Schism, and Meta's Big Pivot

You know, like that's what winning looks like. It's not just a GDP number is not winning, but also all of these supposed best and brightest are literally being trained here in the U.S. Like they're coming here, they're paying sticker ticket prices for our universities, and that is how they get fed into the sector. They have no like, this is not like a special talent pool of uniqueness. talent.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
L.A. Fires, MAGA's Schism, and Meta's Big Pivot

You know, like that's what winning looks like. It's not just a GDP number is not winning, but also all of these supposed best and brightest are literally being trained here in the U.S. Like they're coming here, they're paying sticker ticket prices for our universities, and that is how they get fed into the sector. They have no like, this is not like a special talent pool of uniqueness. talent.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
L.A. Fires, MAGA's Schism, and Meta's Big Pivot

These are people who are getting an education that should be going to Americans who are not getting this education because they don't have those opportunities. They don't have access to them. They're not going to pay the sticker ticket. Like people are getting rich off. This is not what winning looks like. As a nation, we owe something to our neighbors.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
L.A. Fires, MAGA's Schism, and Meta's Big Pivot

These are people who are getting an education that should be going to Americans who are not getting this education because they don't have those opportunities. They don't have access to them. They're not going to pay the sticker ticket. Like people are getting rich off. This is not what winning looks like. As a nation, we owe something to our neighbors.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
L.A. Fires, MAGA's Schism, and Meta's Big Pivot

These are people who are getting an education that should be going to Americans who are not getting this education because they don't have those opportunities. They don't have access to them. They're not going to pay the sticker ticket. Like people are getting rich off. This is not what winning looks like. As a nation, we owe something to our neighbors.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
L.A. Fires, MAGA's Schism, and Meta's Big Pivot

We can't keep lining our pockets with the proceeds of an economy that is an upward transfer of wealth. So let me give you a very specific example.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
L.A. Fires, MAGA's Schism, and Meta's Big Pivot

We can't keep lining our pockets with the proceeds of an economy that is an upward transfer of wealth. So let me give you a very specific example.