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Elon Musk Wants Credit for Cutting Waste, Not Cutting Aid
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Episode Elon Musk Wants Credit for Cutting Waste, Not Cutting Aid
As the year draws to a close, we are bringing you one of Mishal Husain’s biggest conversations of the year, in full. In May 2025, Elon Musk joined Bloomberg's Qatar Economic Forum, in a rare media appearance. He remains as consequential a global figure today, as he was then, even if he is no longer working with Donald Trump. Within 10 days of this conversation, he had left DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency, and soon after that he was publicly trading insults with the president. Musk talked about Tesla, his ambitions for SpaceX and Starlink and his political spending. Note: This episode was recorded with a remote guest in front of a live audience, and as a result, the audio quality may vary. 02:31 - Mishal Husain introduces Elon Musk 03:21 - A week in the life of Elon Musk 04:25 - The future of Tesla 9:19 - Attacks on Tesla showrooms 11:35 - The future of warfare 14:30 - “I’m in no rush to go public” 17:30 - OpenAI 20:45 - Regulating AI 24:00 - “I’m simply an advisor” 26:30 - Starlink 29:44 - “Your question’s absurd” 31:26 - DOGE 33:15 - US Agency for International Development 37:20 - Political spending Watch this podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe4PRejZgr0Ns_wjGlmjlPz0cded0nTYS
You can find the written version of this interview with Mishal’s notes on Bloomberg Weekend: https://www.bloomberg.com/latest/weekend-interview
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