Michael Shellenberger

And I think they need to understand that that's a big problem when it comes to U.S.-European relations.

And I think they need to understand that that's a big problem when it comes to U.S.-European relations.

That's right. Well, of course, it's happening at a moment when I think Europe has started to at least comprehend just how behind it is on technology. The speech that J.D. Vance gave a couple of days ago was on AI, at least ostensibly on AI, and how the framing that they want, the Trump administration wants, is of technology.

That's right. Well, of course, it's happening at a moment when I think Europe has started to at least comprehend just how behind it is on technology. The speech that J.D. Vance gave a couple of days ago was on AI, at least ostensibly on AI, and how the framing that they want, the Trump administration wants, is of technology.

That's right. Well, of course, it's happening at a moment when I think Europe has started to at least comprehend just how behind it is on technology. The speech that J.D. Vance gave a couple of days ago was on AI, at least ostensibly on AI, and how the framing that they want, the Trump administration wants, is of technology.

AI as possibility, as potential, as innovation, not as apocalypse, repression, you know, the sort of the European approach to try to gain control over the technology. Yeah, good luck. Yeah. I mean, so, look, you know, America is, I mean, sounds so corny, but I mean, America's back in just a big way.

AI as possibility, as potential, as innovation, not as apocalypse, repression, you know, the sort of the European approach to try to gain control over the technology. Yeah, good luck. Yeah. I mean, so, look, you know, America is, I mean, sounds so corny, but I mean, America's back in just a big way.

AI as possibility, as potential, as innovation, not as apocalypse, repression, you know, the sort of the European approach to try to gain control over the technology. Yeah, good luck. Yeah. I mean, so, look, you know, America is, I mean, sounds so corny, but I mean, America's back in just a big way.

I mean, you've just got a character there in the White House that is, they are moving faster than anybody. I mean, I was just there talking to folks, you know, it was... various places, and everybody's surprised at how fast they're moving. And of course, Elon has accelerated that, the number of things that are happening.

I mean, you've just got a character there in the White House that is, they are moving faster than anybody. I mean, I was just there talking to folks, you know, it was... various places, and everybody's surprised at how fast they're moving. And of course, Elon has accelerated that, the number of things that are happening.

I mean, you've just got a character there in the White House that is, they are moving faster than anybody. I mean, I was just there talking to folks, you know, it was... various places, and everybody's surprised at how fast they're moving. And of course, Elon has accelerated that, the number of things that are happening.

The thing that we were ostensibly going to talk about today, for example, not to, we don't have to go to it right away, but just the whole reason there's a debate in the United States right now about the United States Agency for International Development, USAID, is simply because Elon was seeking to basically gain access to the

The thing that we were ostensibly going to talk about today, for example, not to, we don't have to go to it right away, but just the whole reason there's a debate in the United States right now about the United States Agency for International Development, USAID, is simply because Elon was seeking to basically gain access to the

The thing that we were ostensibly going to talk about today, for example, not to, we don't have to go to it right away, but just the whole reason there's a debate in the United States right now about the United States Agency for International Development, USAID, is simply because Elon was seeking to basically gain access to the

the computer systems, the servers, the buildings themselves that these agencies occupy. And that was the agency that wouldn't give them access. It wouldn't give them clearance. So that was when, you know, Trump just, they just shut it down. They just were like, if we can't get...

the computer systems, the servers, the buildings themselves that these agencies occupy. And that was the agency that wouldn't give them access. It wouldn't give them clearance. So that was when, you know, Trump just, they just shut it down. They just were like, if we can't get...

the computer systems, the servers, the buildings themselves that these agencies occupy. And that was the agency that wouldn't give them access. It wouldn't give them clearance. So that was when, you know, Trump just, they just shut it down. They just were like, if we can't get...

We were the democratically – he's the democratically elected president of the United States who has full authority, according to Article 2 of the U.S. Constitution, over every single executive branch agency, and that includes Agency for International Development, when they are refusing access to the representative of the president of the United States, who happens to be our greatest technologist –

We were the democratically – he's the democratically elected president of the United States who has full authority, according to Article 2 of the U.S. Constitution, over every single executive branch agency, and that includes Agency for International Development, when they are refusing access to the representative of the president of the United States, who happens to be our greatest technologist –

We were the democratically – he's the democratically elected president of the United States who has full authority, according to Article 2 of the U.S. Constitution, over every single executive branch agency, and that includes Agency for International Development, when they are refusing access to the representative of the president of the United States, who happens to be our greatest technologist –