Jay Powell

And anybody giving him his flowers or championing him for this, I think it's just political expediency. And I think it's disgraceful. That's my feeling. Sorry. I have my own opinion.

And anybody giving him his flowers or championing him for this, I think it's just political expediency. And I think it's disgraceful. That's my feeling. Sorry. I have my own opinion.

No, not at all. He could have just hired lawyers and fought it. He didn't put up any fight. The second they told him to roll over and ban Trump, he did it. Zero fight from him.

No, not at all. He could have just hired lawyers and fought it. He didn't put up any fight. The second they told him to roll over and ban Trump, he did it. Zero fight from him.

Like I told you at the beginning of this, I'm basing it on his actions. He was not going to jail for banning Trump. If he didn't ban Trump or he gave him a six-month suspension, he would have been just fine.

Like I told you at the beginning of this, I'm basing it on his actions. He was not going to jail for banning Trump. If he didn't ban Trump or he gave him a six-month suspension, he would have been just fine.

I do give him the benefit of being a great business executive.

I do give him the benefit of being a great business executive.

Did they launch that or did Sergey kill the deal when Eric Schmidt proposed it? Well, that deal went live.

Did they launch that or did Sergey kill the deal when Eric Schmidt proposed it? Well, that deal went live.

No, they didn't go live. Sergey Brin, because of his upbringing in Russia, he went to the mat and said, on a moral basis, we're not going into China. And I've talked to Sergey about it. He did not want to go in there and compromise his own ethics. That's right. You're at full stop. So I don't think that Elon is the only outlier here. You're not right.

No, they didn't go live. Sergey Brin, because of his upbringing in Russia, he went to the mat and said, on a moral basis, we're not going into China. And I've talked to Sergey about it. He did not want to go in there and compromise his own ethics. That's right. You're at full stop. So I don't think that Elon is the only outlier here. You're not right.

And I just want to make sure that- Okay, tell us, when did, because the Dragon, it was called Project Dragon?

And I just want to make sure that- Okay, tell us, when did, because the Dragon, it was called Project Dragon?

And how much he acquiesced. Is that sort of what you're saying?

And how much he acquiesced. Is that sort of what you're saying?

And I think it was Gmail was the moment I think it became... if I remember correctly, this is 20 years ago, but I think... I think it was YouTube. Oh, was it YouTube? Because one of the other services, they started saying, hey, we need to know these people's names who posted this, who sent this email. We want full access into it.

And I think it was Gmail was the moment I think it became... if I remember correctly, this is 20 years ago, but I think... I think it was YouTube. Oh, was it YouTube? Because one of the other services, they started saying, hey, we need to know these people's names who posted this, who sent this email. We want full access into it.

And that's where they drew the line because it wasn't just a passive search engine, right? It was actually like roundup dissidents like... Yahoo famously did.

And that's where they drew the line because it wasn't just a passive search engine, right? It was actually like roundup dissidents like... Yahoo famously did.