When Trump won, Musk was asked to serve on his economic council advisory board with leaders like Travis Kalenik and others from Silicon Valley. "I'm just glad that being the US president is like being captain of a large ship with a small rudder," he says. He didn't like Trump's immigration thing but tried to make changes when anti-gay executive orders were coming up: "This guy has died in the world races"
Today we're sharing an episode of On with Kara Swisher - her other favorite podcat.
Elon Musk is a puzzle, but if there’s anyone who can make sense of him it’s Kara Swisher. She’s covered him since the late 90s – back in her early days as a beat reporter at the Wall Street Journal and she’s had many in-depth interviews and exchanges with the tech titan since, perhaps more than any other reporter. She’s also covered Elon’s latest fiefdom, Twitter, before it even was Twitter. So today we turn the tables, and Kara Swisher is “On” with Nayeema Raza.
We’ll unpack how Elon became Elon, why Kara came to believe he was one of the greatest visionaries in Silicon Valley, when exactly she soured on him — and why she still holds out some hope.
You can find Kara and Nayeema on Twitter @karaswisher and @nayeema.
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