The Real Reason Trump Wants Elon Musk

[@farzyness]

Full interview on Public.com: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kH7aaXahZdOcaLssi=IjPX3Qa93gnvVcRo

[@AquarianSoulTimeTraveler]

3:52... When you trim fat off of a working machine it's going to have operational problems... Right now Elon musk trimmed all the fat off of Twitter and now its operating without a massive amount of employees... That is doing the exact same thing as it was before if not better except there's less people involved... That means it's more efficient... Why is this guy making it sound like Twitter is still a problem when after everything was done it was fixed within a week...

[@chadfaulkner3600]

Elon and Trump doing a government efficiency program will drastically disrupt the DC swamp. I love it!

[@mrleenudler]

What you need to disrupt the swamp is to address the corruption pathways. Yet trump to way too eager to take their money. Won't happen.

[@windowsdown3684]

@@mrleenudler Elon buying votes at his rate of $47 per new voter is literal swap vibes

[@trampfossil]

This is one of the reasons why the FAA is Harassing Elon's Companies!!!

[@trampfossil]

they should start with TERM LIMITS as well as income limits for their term in Congress!!!

[@kaylaliebeck4894]

He is efficiency! We need that.

[@dewdropin2010]

Even if you are able to execute 10% of efficiency, it is monumental because it has been going the other direction every single year for half a century

[@PwntifexMaximus]

10% would be huge. Look at the total budget of the US. You wouldn't need deficit spending with all the accompanying inflation. You wouldn't need to raise taxes.

[@Mrbfgray]

Popular narrative when Regan planned to cut waste was dire, granted he was a spender too but the end was not neigh. Of course Regan was portrayed similar to Trump today by Establishment..."Dumb cowboy likely to start WW3."

[@roger_is_red]

Musk has overdosed on first principles if he thinks he can control Trump. Jeannine

[@MichaelKelly-h5d]

Go Team work 2024, America is this important.

[@boots940]

I hope Elon is reading a lot of books by Milton Friedman, Thomas Sowell, and Neal Boortz so he can get right to work fixing our government and saving us money. 😃

[@gailconlon9507]

TRUMP wants ELON… because ELON IS BRILLIANT, HONEST and KIND!! Let’s SAVE AMERICA 🇺🇸💗🎁🇺🇸 💗🇺🇸🎁. 😘🎁🇺🇸. 💗🇺🇸🎁🕊️

[@alexkimmerly9490]

Imagine if Elon brings an army of Optimus for hire -- reduce government labour costs by 90%.

[@FLORIDIANMILLIONAIRE]

In your dreams thats not going to happen ever. My company also makes robots and we all know that muscles are something that are nearly impossible to mimic also all human shaped robots shown by different companies are just puppets that are teleoperated joint by joint by humans.

[@MS-vd9cs]

Elon is not the only person who has the ability to review and recommend more efficient processes and procedures. You don't even need another department to be created. Get an honest group of financial and managerial accountants/auditors to find the waste and bloated fees, then offer incentives all the way down to the lowest employee to call it out as it is happening. Eliminate abusers from ever having access to government funds again. The incentives given would be far less than the total of the other. Reward good behavior, not bad....duh!!!

[@brigfiche]

They are the team that literally can't be bought. That's a big deal.

[@beachcrow]

They? Trump got money from Winklevoss and now is pro crypto, big tobacco and now is pro flavored vaping, big oil and says he will end EV subsidies and renewables. Putin smiles at him and he's anti Ukraine. The billionaires are supporting him for tax breaks...

[@norichesney]

How much 'conflict of interest' is there in the current matrix of DC??? Come on, Guys, give Musk a chance. He's earned it and it can't get much worse than it is right now.

[@deborah5261]

It would only get better with Musk if he was given the chance.

[@retiredbitjuggler3471]

Farzad - well done! I’m still perplexed by how people can’t recognize true genius. True genius comes with all the frailties of being human. Unfortunately, with all he has on his unimaginably huge plate, there are things which will slip off and result in a mess. You made a great point that is missed and unappreciated by most - most messes reveal their root causes which can then be identified and remediated. Without the mess, the issues never surface and simply linger on or worse fester and metastasize unnoticed. As a result of your experiences at Tesla, you gained a unique appreciation for Elon’s way of revealing these otherwise hidden weaknesses. You get it! Thanks! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@kaylaliebeck4894]

Same thoughts. Elon has enough stress now. He is so right though. That spending. All Americans have every right to know where our government employees spend all our money. Finally.

[@cywizx]

Guys ...I'm not kidding when I say this. I will be very afraid for Elon's personal security for life and death. We all know how bad these guys are and have ZERO respect for anything except what they want.....I will be very very worried. Because knowing Elon, he's never going to compromise on Morality, Ethics and the Truth !!

[@tribudeuno]

From what I understand, the Pentagon does not use Starlink, they use Starshield. It is not a rental of the service, they are satellites that have been sold to the Pentagon, and are owned and operated by the Pentagon. Elon does not want Starlink used for military purposes, which would make them military targets. Starlink is only for commercial purposes. So I don’t think that Elon would have to divest from Starlink to serve in government. Starlink doesn’t own the Starshield satellites, they’ve been sold…

[@tribudeuno]

Having said that, it is possible that the vast number of Starlink satellites could create a shellgame where it is incredibly difficult to identify the Starshield satellites from the Starlink satellites…

[@JohnSmith-zo6ir]

Elon Musk "messy". I dont think so little soy boy. Always the non-achievers who have so much to say.

[@Ask-a-Rocket-Scientist]

Musk builds teams. He just needs to build a team to fix the government.

[@josephvcenzoprano7528]

Your guest is politically ignorant. Free speech is more important than anything

[@richardlocke7264]

No the truth is the most important thing. Trumps lies are dangerous to the Republic

[@liquidsnakex]

Yup, without it there's zero democracy either, because you can't choose freely if you can't even talk freely.

[@thesonofgod8884]

100% on point

[@moneyminder01]

Hey Farzad, does your guest realize that Twitter didn't do the video or audio streaming or half the things X does now. Also, Musk has so many followers, it would affect any system just as all the big boy streaming systems have had issues.

[@carensimon4236]

I was thinking the same think - wasn't sure what the guest was suggesting about X waning/. Huh?...and then Farzad totally agrees with him? I dont use X, but I try to follow the news on the company, and even though there were early unfounded reports of an X collapse, it never happened. And I've seen more and more reports that say the company is getting close profitability, which is in-line with the 4 year plan Musk illuminated when he stepped in.

[@mfpears]

Sometimes his emotions make him make errors, but even the piping up about controversial issues is strategic. He has more followers than anybody, right? Believe it or not, he also has a long way to go still gaining trust from conservatives.

[@davidfrankel9267]

He'll put the government in a gigapress! Yes!

[@thomaswilliams4944]

Stop calling Elon wanting to save the first amendment chaos!! It's his greatest contribution among already amazing contributions!

[@deborah5261]

@@thomaswilliams4944 Absolutely!

[@misurex]

do not forget the 6 billions spent for 6 EV charges

[@Ask-a-Rocket-Scientist]

There are a ton of people who are one issue voters…the debt. This resonates with them.

[@AllenNelson-u2t]

In theory it would be great to have Elon or someone cut the waste in government. In practice there’s a reason it don’t happen! I worked for a city for 30 years. Every 4 yrs we got a new mayor and “new ideas” to run the city “like a business” to save money. One real life example of how that worked. Snowplowing. We had a new mayor that vowed to save money and started with snowplowing overtime. We advised him to not implement the plan. He did. He found out that all his people that wanted him to save money DEMANDED that their street be exempted from the plan and be plowed before they needed to leave for work. It took one snowfall for the plan to be abandoned and for him to tell us “go back to the old plan NOW!” Remember that your “waste” is another person’s bread and butter. Not saying it isn’t needed, just that it’s hard. Remember when Elon decided governments should pay tens of thousands for their twitter account? He didn’t think that was waste till the governments said “we out”. Just sayin’.

[@windowsdown3684]

Fantastic comment

[@robertweekley5926]

Snow, is a North American Reality! Just as much as a Sandstorm in DUBAI, or Saudi Arabia! Problem is, its like a Dozen Tourist Buses all arriving at the same time, on a tight schedule, needing feeding in a too small Restaurant! Kayos Ensues!

[@tommastroine]

More of what DOESNT work DOESNT work! CUT CUT CUT!!

[@paulmcgreevy3011]

Elon doesn’t do divisive rhetoric Farzad. He exposes it.

[@davidk7849]

Oh ffs

[@BigD4Real.]

I find it quite interesting that people get so upset that Elon has a political opinion and say that he should be quiet when at the same time the status quo has every chirping bird from LeBron James to Taylor Swift chirping their rhetoric.

[@rdkrussel]

There's a difference between chirping and bankrolling/buying yourself a seat

[@costiqueR]

@@rdkrussel Simple said, those enumerated here... will you give them positions in Government? Elon is one of the brightest minds we have, his way of thinking is far away better than the rest of us, so you really believe he needs to buy a place? Why do you think FAA grounded Starship? Simple, a new success of landing of the starship is intolerable for the politicians... Oh, they laughed in 2008, and from 2015 all try to do it... And every single one knows that Elon was the one to make it possible... So... please...

[@jameswilson5165]

@@rdkrussel , And how is he buying a seat? Can you show me the documentation proving this, showing that Elon's endorsement was a required part of an official appointment?

[@Synthwalk]

There's 3 categories of people who don't want elon shining a light on issues the mainstream media won't ever cover: 1- paper hand investors. 2- the people who want absolute control of the social narrative, deciding for you what you should know about and/or believe in, effectively owning your perception of reality. 3- the people who got tricked into being subservient of those on category 2.

[@rdkrussel]

@@jameswilson5165 don't be stupid, it's pretty obvious

[@SandraBarrie]

The debt Feds have is incredible.Wouldnt we be happy to have a better system for less wastage over running double pains.

[@schtinerbock4570]

I have several brothers who served in the military. They said that towards the end of the year the bases would repaint perfectly fine buildings, repair perfectly fine roads, throw away perfectly good tools etc to burn up what money they haven’t used up because if they had left over money then they would get that much less the next year. So they were penalized for saving. Also know someone who was in the army who said they would pile leftover munitions into a hole and blow it up because they didn’t use it all during the year. What a waste of our tax money.

[@bettemule3868]

Farad once more you have nailed it❤

[@bettemule3868]

These companies have needed to be investigated for decades.. Time for truth.

[@rw6717]

Right on Farzad

[@christineeckersley4505]

Love these guys

[@akeem11h]

I love you Farzad, but we all know economic agendas are Elon’s priority. Elon has been slighted by the government, and now he wants in to shore up his empire’s growth. I hope the system doesn’t turn against him. Elon is dealing with a promise from Trump. Knowing Elon’s emotional sensitivity, I hope he doesn’t get his feelings hurt when Trump pulls a bait-and-switch and blames it on the government.

[@windowsdown3684]

This comment is a winner

[@megbennett6490]

Just my humble observation. . . I believe in and am supportive of Elon Musk’s vision to travel to Mars for all of the reasons he describes. There has been a shift in public sentiment toward Elon Musk which has turned really negative. I’m hoping that you are right and the tide turns no matter who becomes POTUS. You are so important! Thank you🚀❤️☮️

[@TesluthianTesluthian]

Part of government efficiency is creating a good positive competitive environment for business, (not price controls), that lowers, not raises, prices. For example, the housing market, lot of financial innovation all geared to raise prices and rents. Mobile home park rents have doubled over last 5-6 years because of corporate buyers of the parks, ditto for houses, apartments and condos.

[@lti9905]

Yes it's crazy that with gov't contracts, you waste all your surplus resources to ensure that your budget doesn't shrink the next year... terribly inefficient and wasteful.

[@investsmarternow]

Spot on

[@LeonieBachmann-h7x]

Thanks, Farzad. Elon could in fact help the US survive. Let's go, DJT!

[@bamb1s0la]

I completely disagree with the idea that he should stay away from the so called' "controversy". anyone who really watched enough of his interviews and the things he wrote/spoke about from over 10 years ago, will see that he really has not changed. It is this culture that has kept trying to restrict what and how he should express himself. It is not a surprise to me that he identified a potential existential threat to humanity with the erosion of free speech and focused his "laser" on solving it. it's completely in line with every other thing he has done and is doing in all his other ventures like Spacex, Tesla, Neuralink, Boring co, etc.

[@edsmega3392]

working for a government agency will drive Elon crazy. I dont think he would last 6 months.

[@lidiasantoro3098]

Zero based budgeting is an obvious way to go towards, instead of wasting and printing billions of dollars.

Consider me shocked and of the belief that it's over, done, and revolutionary.

[@DougJessee]

Great questions

[@fortigan2174]

4:05 Implying that terminating those people had anything to do with a system crashing because it has world record breaking consecutive viewership is just stupid. Those people had nothing to do with it. How many stress tests of new systems goes perfect the first time? Now magnify the scale of it 100 fold.

[@budstinde]

Most of the tax money that government collects currently is going to pay the interest alone on the national debt, that's the threshold we're at as America.

[@dankuo8561]

When government devolves into self preservation and aggrandizement with the pretense of common good, this is how societies retrogrades. Witnesses from Cuba, Argentina, N. Korea, USSR and China are recent examples. The EU is further along this path than the USA, however, the latter is in no less danger. Our need of strong leadership to reverse this trend is no less pressing.

[@leesweehuat]

Revolution is needed to make drastic changes. In US, we have a whole generation (20-30 years) of politicians who are okay with yearly budget deficits (expenditures exceed income) for the government.

[@billbell3737]

I'm always thinking of my kids and the world we live in. When I look at the direction the US is headed I see a severe depression and eventual bankruptcy. I do not want that for my kids. If the US wants to continue to lead the world it must become the most efficient government in the world. It can't over extend its reach. The collapse of all great empires was over extending their reach and eventually collapsing.

[@MH-Tesla]

Congress set spending. Unfortunately there's not a lot of the federal government can do

[@user-to2rf1rj5v]

Dumb idea. Next.

[@davidkclayton]

Howard Hughes of our time.

[@nancystone3729]

Please illuminate me on how less government spending will improve our lives, county, etc? I am seriously wondering about the end points of the claims.

[@DeanRogerRay]

The high weirdness of success I call the Richard hatch effect from the reality show survivor. Good explanation or hypothetical of what’s going to happen.

[@mauricemeijers7956]

Well, Elon’s brains and skills combined with Trump’s marketing and better insights in the political game actually might work. Question: how can Elon stay out of conflict of interests?

[@highlanderapparel]

I know you don’t read the not live streams. I just wanted to say well done for Faraze, the Highlander PS always remember kindness is always free😊

[@davehudgens1]

That’s not happening if heels up wins

they will slice him open, when it smells only a little conflict of interest. This will be 100x worst then anything on X. He should be careful what he is wishing for. If its works great.

[@mrleenudler]

More efficient government a brilliant idea? I hear this every other election across the globe. What I don't hear is anyone clearly succeeding in this. On the other hand, we often see deregulation that causes different flavours of crisis later on. Me wonders if this is harder than it seems.

[@barebones9]

IF Donald gets elected, and IF Musk is appointed to this Efficiency Office, how long do you think Musk will last? Musk is too independent minded to be under anyone, let alone the Donald. Np chance any of these IFs will come true.

[@nguyep4]

At least it can happen under Trump Administration. It will be impossible under Democrat.

[@rikers263]

If Musk has a job, wouldnt they make him step down from Tesla?

[@jonnyb2532]

You guys have *NO* understanding of how government works.

[@tommastroine]

@@jonnyb2532 please enlighten us being you know how government works

[@fcv1967]

No one understands how the gov works. Because the gov is a myth.

[@bobwheeler8101]

I think, to the contrary, they do know how it works. The pain of fixing it would be like the Tesla layoffs x 5000! The polar opposite of the bailout strategy.

[@tommastroine]

@@bobwheeler8101 now we know…..

[@plantstho6599]

The government doesn't actually work.

[@ChristopherLeeEdwards]

You do realize that 60% of people believe NASA is a Photoshop computer in Elon Musk's basement.

[@davidwojcik7770]

Trump just says shit that people want to hear. Can’t you see that he’ll never implement any of this and will toss Elon as soon as it suits him!?

[@MIHAELABURLANESCU]

I’ve made the same comment (the incompatibility problem) and, man my comment was deleted in second no. 2.

[@robertweekley5926]

What does the Rule of 72 Say, on this subject? As in - If you have 48 Months, What % of Reduction, Per Month, is Required, to Just cut 10% to 20% in 4 Years? For 20%, it's just 0.420%! (Elon would like that Number, too!) Still 0.420% of the Bloated US Federal Government, would still be a Massive Shuffle to Maneuver! But - I have been Employed, and been part of Far Higher Layoff Percentages, in the 4th or 5th Wave when it got to me! Still Survived! Big Risk with the Federal Government "Fat", is that it might just end up in State Governments! Just a "Sideways" Move, and just carry the problems down to the state level!

[@VOORHEES27]

Future president Harris. LOL

[@wineberryred]

My main concern with Elon associating with Donald Trump is that it seems like everyone that does associate with Donald ends up worse than they were before they associated with Donald. Can you name anyone that has benefited from their association with Donald?

[@liquidsnakex]

His wife and kids would probably beg to differ...

[@wineberryred]

@@liquidsnakex His wife doesn't accompany him on any campaign events and seems to not enjoy spending time with Donald. I'd say she's worse off. I think some of the kids are going to end up in court at some point.

[@liquidsnakex]

@@wineberryred The fact that she sticks with him shows otherwise. Yes they probably will end up in court, but weaponization of the DOJ won’t last forever, especially after the per ps are punished for it.

[@christyho5820]

So you think the system didn’t have anything to do with the interference with live podcast on X? You’re naive.

[@thomasviet8370]

that would be awful

[@elmonty79beta]

In order to find efficiencies in the government, Congress needs term limits. New generations are needed. This may reduce the starting pay of congress. You think that will happen. Highly doubt it. Elon Musk handling US finances would be like just like Twitter, everything will go to shit.

[@davidbeppler3032]

Yes, everything would go to shit and more than 100k people in the Gov would be fired. Along with 50k military. Then they would hire back 20k gov employees with a pay increase and 100k military with a pay cut. Saving the US 1.2 Trillion in just 4 years.

[@elmonty79beta]

@@davidbeppler3032 If we lived in a utopia, I would agree.

[@travisjazzbo3490]

You do realize that Elon cut 80% of Twitter employees, and it functions just fine compared to before. I realize you may be for free speech only for what you think, but real Americans and anyone who believes in freedom believe in free speech for everyone, even those you disagree with. The only reason it doesn't make as much money is because of politics and thank God Elon stands for principle over profit on this one

[@khutsohlase243]

"Everything" didnt exactly go to sh*t, atleast give him credit for cutting the costs significantly. The goal for government is not to make profit but to reduce spending while getting things done with as little as possible.

[@champoux3000]

Twitter is better than ever right now, more popular, more features, built in fact checking, no more governmental suppression of account and ideas. Try again. Losing a safe space for the far left doesn’t equal turned to shit, it’s fair now, but not everyone can handle fairness.

[@JohnEAvenson]

Follow the money to Halliburton and Bechtel

[@deant007]

Thanks, Farzad! Farzad voice too deep/computer adjusted. Choosing not to listen. Farzad has a really nice natual voice, does not need enhancing. Cheers

[@elagduck]

The cult of Elon....endless.

[@Mrbfgray]

The difference is he earned it where the other side is all emotions and propaganda.

[@dannyisrael]

Wouldn’t it be a massive conflict of interest? Oh I see you’re talking about it.

[@SatyaDogra-e1j]

It’s great 👍 ideas Elon knows what to do .

[@Kenlwallace]

Gee Farzad, choosing Boing as a waste of money, sure wouldn’t be a conflict of interest when Elon decides it is a waste of money … we shouldn’t need Elon to state the obvious

[@lourdessilva6442]

Conhecimento nos libertará Deus no comando de tudo adoro seu trabalho e temas abordados em especial nosso heroi e muito em breve será nosso próximo líder mundial esta fazendo a diferença no mundo amo e aprecio tudo que em prol da liberdade e da preservação da humanidade isso não tem preço

[@zencone]

We already have the GAO Government Accounting Office that is in place but has no teeth other than just documenting the massive waste.

[@LACYF50]

What GAO and GEC/DOGE would do is fundamentally different things. GAO doesn't go to the FCC and tell them that half of your employees could and should be replaced by an algorithm

[@aeromtb2468]

spend it or loose it.

[@elementary9777]

Wasn’t there a DDOS attack on X during the stream?

[@roliimhof]

10:29 Elon is fighting the red tape. Colonising Mars is not only a technical Problem. He had to move the Zeitgeist where it‘s at least accepted to fly 1‘000‘000 People to Mars.

[@IanReid-e9r]

First off America is doing great. No 1 in the world. Second trump ain't gonna win Jack so all this extrapolation is a waste of time.

[@prestontucker1687]

WHAT THE ACTUAL F HAPPENED TO ELON? HE LOST MY BUSINESS. BTW THERE'S ALWAYS WASTE.

[@bujin5455]

7:45. You'd just be changing the puppet, and not the puppet master. So if Harris wins, expect at least four more years of the crazy.

[@mandelm2001]

As to Trump and Elon’s new love affair… Trump is perfectly transparent, he likes anyone who likes him. Ask Peter Thiel, Brittany Mahomes, or the Proud Boys. But eventually Trump will do or say something that Elon can’t stand and Elon will tweet something. And then Donald will turn on him. It has happened over and over.

[@jameswilson5165]

Spinnnnnnnnnn!🤣🤣

[@davidwilson2394]

Guys stay out of politics 🙏

[@MegaWilderness]

This would be a really bad idea. He'd award himself with half the taxpayers pot

[@MIHAELABURLANESCU]

...But the problem is real. And is not necesary “cutting everything but his companies” kind of problem. There are more other aspects implied here: the danger, the history book page after a life long efforts, the Humanity saving credit vs chips & AGI, if he go now, he will be albe to come back later?......

[@willm5814]

I will see all of my Tesla stock if Trump gets in - you should join me if you care about people and democracy.

[@tvtv-s2j]

Anyone is better than Biden

[@jameswilson5165]

November: The election is over; Trump has won. Elon gets a note from the FAA. "Dear Mister Musk, we have been instructed by DJT that your launch license is now valid and will remain in effect for all future launches if you sign the following document. I. Elon Musk will never post another Tweet for as long as DJT is in office." Sadly, it's the end of SpaceX.

[@nanooseguy327]

Ya ... I love my Model 3 but I'm done with Elon. Waiting for the Rivian R2 and will gladly switch over to that and sell my Tesla. I was going to wait for the MY Juniper but I just can't support this privileged person any longer. The man is a genius in certain areas , but totally lacking in others. This personality imbalance is so typical in some people.

[@champoux3000]

Privileged? Like he didn’t work for all he has? He didn’t took gigantic risk and went back all in every time? Sure privileged lol.

[@billyreeves169]

G-F-Y!

[@windowsdown3684]

@@champoux3000to be fair the money and power has changed him. He is privileged now - expects all his wishes to be met

[@nanooseguy327]

@@billyreeves169 ah you’re such an adult aren’t you? Elon is in a personality spiral and is both in a position of privilege and influence. He uses it badly ..

[@deborah5261]

Elon Musk worked extremely hard for what he has and continues to do so in order to make each of his companies a huge success. He’s not afraid to fight for what is right - not just for his Country, but for the entire World. That’s not a personality imbalance. That’s vision. That’s courage. That’s his own style of leadership. That’s genius, the likes of which has never been seen before.

[@champoux3000]

I'm sure at some point they can use some products by Palantir in all aspect of government to fully understand live where the resources goes and you could trim inefficiencies, see bottlenecks and get much better predictions for good resources allocations. It’s a game of data and I'm sure a lot can be more automated and transparent. People that think Elon would not help stop the overspending are disillusioned, a lot of what is missing in government is execution, accountability and large multi decades vision which Elon is one of the top mind for all that right now.

[@visnaidoogvn]

Long overdue ✅