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Kara Swisher

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Iran Quagmire Questions, SpaceX IPO Plans, and The White House App

I remember when he talked about it for the first time to me, the creating this.

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Iran Quagmire Questions, SpaceX IPO Plans, and The White House App

Two people were talking about this at the time, him and oddly enough, Jerry Yang had an investment in a low, and it's the first time I learned of it, so I got caught up on the topic, like what it was gonna do, but Jerry Yang had an investment in one.

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Iran Quagmire Questions, SpaceX IPO Plans, and The White House App

He's the first person who talked about it, and then Musk that same year started talking about it.

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Iran Quagmire Questions, SpaceX IPO Plans, and The White House App

This was a long, long, long time ago.

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Iran Quagmire Questions, SpaceX IPO Plans, and The White House App

And it was really, at the time, I remember thinking, no one's talking like this.

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Iran Quagmire Questions, SpaceX IPO Plans, and The White House App

Like everyone else was like doing a fucking dating service or some dumb thing.

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Iran Quagmire Questions, SpaceX IPO Plans, and The White House App

They do.

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Iran Quagmire Questions, SpaceX IPO Plans, and The White House App

And so, you know, one of the things... It'll be interesting to see what happens here and what the... These forces are really powerful, and he is a very powerful single person.

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Iran Quagmire Questions, SpaceX IPO Plans, and The White House App

It does put him at great risk, too, of being a... Not just a... Not a physical target.

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Iran Quagmire Questions, SpaceX IPO Plans, and The White House App

That's not what I'm talking about.

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Iran Quagmire Questions, SpaceX IPO Plans, and The White House App

But when something like this happens, there's always forces against it that I think that we... That will start to build.

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Iran Quagmire Questions, SpaceX IPO Plans, and The White House App

He becomes...

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Iran Quagmire Questions, SpaceX IPO Plans, and The White House App

And he becomes Soros.

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Iran Quagmire Questions, SpaceX IPO Plans, and The White House App

He becomes Soros in a weird way.

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Iran Quagmire Questions, SpaceX IPO Plans, and The White House App

Well, I do, too, but I'm talking about to the right or the Koch brothers.

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Iran Quagmire Questions, SpaceX IPO Plans, and The White House App

Like, pick whatever one who'sβ€”or Henry Ford back in the day.

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Iran Quagmire Questions, SpaceX IPO Plans, and The White House App

There was also a Texas billionaire, and I can't remember his name, a millionaire, like in the 20s, that did stuff like that.

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Iran Quagmire Questions, SpaceX IPO Plans, and The White House App

Yeah, that's what I mean.

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Iran Quagmire Questions, SpaceX IPO Plans, and The White House App

What could go wrong?

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Iran Quagmire Questions, SpaceX IPO Plans, and The White House App

Let me just tell you, I'm glad I'm in Parkland.