Trump's Venezuela Oil Gambit, ICE Shooting Fallout, and Warner Bros. Says No (Again)
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What is Trump's controversial strategy in Venezuela?
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What I mean is if a client came to you and said, I want to buy Greenland, what would be the thing as an investment banker you would do?
I want to buy Greenland? Are you out of your fucking mind?
Hi, everyone. This is Pivot from New York Magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network. I'm Cara Swisher. Scott Galloway continues to be under the weather. So I brought in two more amazing co-hosts. We've got Audie Cornish, host of CNN This Morning and the podcast The Assignment, and Bill Cohen, one of my favorite people to talk about business because there's a lot going on there, author and founding partner of Puck. Welcome, Audie and Bill.
How are oil executives reacting to Trump's Venezuela strategy?
Hey, great to be here. So I had nothing to do with Scott's disappearance. Yeah. Not that I haven't wanted to be on the show a lot. Like I've been waiting with this quarter zip just so that I could be a part of the dialogue.
A quarter zip.
I did. I was like, are we talking business? Yeah. So I'm sure Scott's fine. I didn't do anything to him at all.
No. Okay. All right. You were trying.
What happened during the ICE shooting in Minnesota?
Yes, that would be a really good show. Yeah. Trying to take down the co-host. Like an anti-Kerrigan situation. Yeah. Do you have your quarter zip on, Bill?
I do, but I don't have a Warner Brothers Discovery quarter zip, which I really like.
I wore that just for you.
I really like that.
I got this from David Zaslav.
Himself?
I technically did as well. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, he gives them out. He dresses, I'm going to say this honestly, he dresses, I told him he dressed like a lesbian and he sent me this.
What are the implications of the ICE shooting on national politics?
Only lesbians can say that. I opt out. I unsubscribe.
Unsubscribe. But yes, it's actually a fantastic vest.
You look great in it.
Thank you. It's really comfortable and I wear it all the time. And my son this morning said, oh, that's the Scooby-Doo people. So, I guess. That is of all the things. Of all the things.
That's such a reference. For now, anyway.
We're going to talk about.
Why did Warner Bros. reject Paramount's buyout offer?
It's so random. It's so random.
Yes, exactly. We're going to talk about that. And I really enjoyed your stuff, Bill. Anyway, we've got a lot to get to today, so we're going to dig in. There's a lot of news. And the first one, obviously, is the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old woman in her car by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, sparking national outrage and protests again. The woman, Renee Nicole Goode, was a U.S. citizen, a mother of three, and a poet. She was not under any kind of investigation, according to law enforcement officials. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Goode was, quote, stalking officers and attempting an act of domestic terrorism. What a heinous person she is. And Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry called that bullshit and told ICE to, quote, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.
President Trump weighed in on True Social and once again blamed the radical left.
What are the financial implications of the Warner Bros. and Paramount situation?
He did an interview recently. just where the reporters from New York Times showed it to him, and he sort of walked it back, but he didn't precisely. And, of course, they're doubling down. Tom Holman for a second was reasonable, and he got the memo that they're supposed to call this woman a radical terrorist. I want to get both your takes here, but first let me share Scott Galloway's thoughts on this, which he texted me last night. I'm horrified. History shows politics becomes a blood sport and nation's light begins to flicker. Adam Newsom, Whitmer, Shapiro should announce candidacy this week and say if elected, we are going to have the equivalent of the Nuremberg trials. There needs to be a reckoning to start the stain of corruption, insurrection and bigotry.
Dems are such fucking wimps. That was from Scott. The words of Scott Galloway, ladies and gentlemen, from his sickbed. Audie, I'll start with you. What do you make of what we're seeing? You reported on it all morning on your show on CNN, your morning show.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is Trump's controversial strategy in Venezuela?
0:01–0:58
2
How are oil executives reacting to Trump's Venezuela strategy?
0:58–1:19
3
What happened during the ICE shooting in Minnesota?
1:19–1:46
4
What are the implications of the ICE shooting on national politics?
1:46–2:09
5
Why did Warner Bros. reject Paramount's buyout offer?
2:09–3:01
6
What are the financial implications of the Warner Bros. and Paramount situation?
3:01–3:56
7
How is Grok's AI technology facing criticism?
3:56–5:11
8
What are the broader implications of Elon Musk's AI developments?
5:11–1:05:30
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