Kara Swisher on her ‘big falling out’ with Elon Musk

"I think he's just gotten radicalized the way a lot of people are online. I think drug use, as The Wall Street Journal has written quite accurately about, might be part of it. And then it's just being the world's richest man with everybody licking you up and down. He gets particularly licked and so he’s always right. And we had a big falling out- an inexplicable falling out.” - Kara Swisher

[@MrRoundel]

I don't know how I missed Ms. Swisher going to Vox, etc. I used to read her columns in the NYT, and always found them insightful and well researched. After seeing an interview where she referred to J.D. Vance as the butler for tech billionaire oligarchs, I thought, "Hey, there she is.". Very smart, very brave, reporting. I'll be back following her content as I can. Great interview. Thanks.

[@chrischrebet]

Omg, she is so biased that you can't believe her opinions unless you want to

[@valetudo1569]

He sure railed about the US gov shutting his factories down but kept real quiet when China did it to him

[@dixonpinfold2582]

Yeah well, the Chinese govt doesn't accept complaints. So what's he supposed to do about that? Devise and install a better Chinese government? In the US complaining is a fundamental freedom, so he availed himself of it. All this couldn't be simpler.

[@valetudo1569]

​ @dixonpinfold2582 Stop with your Elon worship, Jesus. How about he be consistent? If he doesn't have the balls to bash the CCP then stop taking advantage of the rights afforded to him by the US to bash its government? Thats what he could do, smartguy

Which factories are these?

[@johnarnold893]

@None, the Chinese government never shut down Tesla. They halted the expansion of his factory for a short time because the were worried about the militarization of Starlink.

[@valetudo1569]

@The ones in Shanghai, during the 2 month lockdown

[@kalinda619]

Reporters criticize. Businesses solve problems.

[@CreamyBone]

He's gotta be truly devastated

[@elck3]

Count the number of times she says "problematic" -- and note the times she just blatantly assumes things about people. Stop watching MSNBC and maybe open your eyes a bit. Think about what the other side is saying.

[@vespovich]

Elon Musk has promoted accounts that talk about the "Jewish question" and other extremely far right, neonzi stuff. He's gone off the rails, this is not a case of "consider both sides" lol he's dangerous

[@elck3]

lol who does she think she is? The Goddess of Silicon Valley? Why should anyone trust her opinion?

[@markets28]

He was sleeping on the test floor, because he may be needed at any time, so he meant he was taking naps on the nearby tesla production floor. Kara, here acts like she has opened a lot of risky capital-intensive businesses and knows it all.

[@khakuda]

I know Elon. Who is Kara Swisher?

[@horyekhunley]

Ask Elon, he knows her...

[@SDW3-6-9]

Star Wars character had a name that rhymes kinda..🎉

[@peterfireflylund]

A has-been tech journalist who thinks she is still relevant. Also a very bad (and badly prepared) interviewer with weird body language. Elon had to waste a lot of his time on interviews with people like her back in the early days. Now he doesn't need people like her anymore.

[@Nancy-tr5fi]

She is interviewer who doesn't "kara" about her subject.

[@sandbridgekid4121]

Musk Cult can't handle Kara's truth.

[@the0cool0guy]

I listened to that Halloween interview. He never said "humanity would be doomed if Tesla didn't survive". He said "Tesla has accelerated the evolution to electric cars by 5 to 10 years". Please go listen to that interview, it is awesome.

[@valetudo1569]

Calm down with the fanboy-ism. And her comment was paraphrasing what the overall message was... it wasn't an exact quote

[@dixonpinfold2582]

@@valetudo1569 Perhaps have more respect for the facts and less for the hyperbole of someone like Kara Swisher.

[@regolith1350]

@@valetudo1569 So expecting accurate quotes from a journalist is now "fanboy-ism"?

[@valetudo1569]

@@regolith1350 No, your willful misinterpretation of what she said is fanboyism. She never said it was a direct quote

[@cmgweb6951]

Muck's cars suck and the entire battery fiasco of the EV industry is a boondoggle at best. We've just traded slave labor for lithium to slave labor for cobalt. He violates environmental and labor laws indiscriminately and at will, yet has 180 Million fanbois who are mostly clueless about the issues being discussed here and in general, about him.

[@lawrencefrost9063]

I've seen Kari Swisher interviews with Elon. She is not good at her job.

[@Wonderwall36]

Really? Why is that?

[@Nancy-tr5fi]

She is as stupid as this video, no mystery. I do not know her work but here no talent, no info, no insight. Guess reporters are worse than I thought. Nothing to agree about as she just ran through musks history, then OVER.

[@lawrencefrost9063]

Go watch them. My words can't convince you. Only you can do that yourself.@@Wonderwall36

[@silentcoconut]

Kara isn't good at actual critical analysis. No idea why she even sort of stays relevant.

[@MrVara411]

THANK you.

[@Jin125]

I disagree, I think she makes predictions about these guys that come true. I just find it fascinating the number of people who will bow down and defend billionaires no matter the immoral or horrible things they do. It's like you guys like dictator like figures with no moral compass and want to be ruled by them. It's very weird, subservient, and beta.

[@NibsNiven]

​@@Jin125Does Bill Gates do horrible things?

[@iaf010]

Who is this woman? And where is her rocket company?

[@wurzelausc]

where is yours?

[@iaf010]

@@wurzelausc Its in Rocket City, Tx! Where is this womans ?

[@Bluelightning23]

​@@wurzelauscWhere is yours?

[@wurzelausc]

@@Bluelightning23 I don t have one and I don t need one since I did not make it a prerequisite for the argument -- I hope that is understood now

[@Bluelightning23]

@wurzelausc And neither did the person to whom you asked, where is yours?

[@phattz03]

Too many folks doing interviews these days and not producing anything.

[@CadetPolovitz]

If you are unable to learn anything from interviews, then that's a skill issue bro. Either that or you're watching shitty interviews and listening to the whole thing when you could just skip to the parts that are of value to you. Kara Swisher in particular brought interest into tech that wasn't there before. She started interviewing people in tech back in the 90s, before people paid any attention to people like Jobs, Gates and Zuckerberg. She's as important to the tech world as Rebecca Quick is to the financial world. I argue that lack of scrutiny into tech and finance led to the Dotcom bubble and the 2009 financial recession.

[@phattz03]

@@CadetPolovitz I have seen the entirety of many interviews with quality interviewers,she does not talk like a professional.

[@andrewfallows8261]

@@phattz03 Well it sounds to me like you might be guilty of, "Too many folks [watching] interview these days and not producing anything."

[@dmosher]

Ironically enough Elon was mostly right about Covid and Kara was 100% wrong

[@nicksimmons7234]

I’d agree with this but I died of a blood clot. Oh no I haven’t.

[@ShnNar1000x]

This is a remarkably dumb comment. Millions of people have died from covid and millions more likely will die or live with long covid for years to come. Just because you don't want to admit reality doesn't mean it's not there.

[@jamesrideout123]

Washington Compost

[@jacquelinejohnson7699]

Poor little fanboy 😂😂😂

[@markwilson3723]

Has Kara Swisher ever ran a publicly traded company, or even a private company with 1000s of employees and shareholders? Yeah, i didnt think so....

[@markislivingdeliberately]

No, but she’s really good at watching other people do actual work and point out their flaws 😂

[@ezyryder11]

So what, she can’t have an opinion? Have you or I done those things Elon has done? No. She’s probably more accomplished we are. You don’t have to be a musical genius like Kanye West to critique his bad behavior.

[@chrisanderson7820]

Next time you get a bad steak at a restaurant you better shut your mouth and keep eating because who are you to tell a chef his steak tastes bad.

[@RajKnowles]

It's your loss, not his, Kara. Don't forget it.

[@vespovich]

Worshipping modern day Rockefeller will get you nowhere lmao

[@mizan1030]

Interesting. This seems personal

[@Wouter-yd3sj]

it probably is.

[@derekgrey3927]

Yeah almost like the owner of the Washington Post is in some kind of competition with Musk.

[@tnndll4294]

It's political for Kara. which makes it personal for her. Elon needs to stay out politics as well and be neutral.

[@AceFlexFitness0007]

It's crazy how she's telling Elon Musk what he should've done in business.

[@flipadavis]

She actually didn't say that at all. She said she was impressed with all of his ventures. She criticized him when he started getting paranoid and following conspiracy theories and became an anti-Covid vaxxer. Then he went down the rabbit hole with Twitter and never came back out.

[@cryptoflipdoe7141]

@@flipadavis Wow theres still mindless sheep that think being an anti-vaxer is a bad thing?.. even AFTER all the evidence from professionals? smh

[@flipadavis]

@@cryptoflipdoe7141 "professionals"

[@dixonpinfold2582]

@@flipadavis Twitter/X is a business and it's his. I believe she said something derogatory about his management of it. (But I can't be bothered going back to quote it.) In a way that's "telling him what he should've done in business" if you ask me.

[@rcpmac]

@@cryptoflipdoe7141 The 2 antivaxer acquaintances I’ve had are now dead from Covid complications.

[@Wibb14]

She forgot solar and batteries.

[@portcrap]

And flamethrower

[@csn10]

And Starlink. lowering Tesla 3 pricing which is unlike any other CEO.

[@csn10]

@@portcrap Lol, she's basically accusing him of having a sense of humour and not bending the knee to the pc crowd. Sje seems to be in Ludicrous mode.

[@benjydp5262]

How to say nothing in 6min39 seconds....

[@howard5992]

Well, she is saying Mush is a bit unhinged. Nothing really new there except that it surprises her how unhinged he is. And no, she isn't saying he is completely unhinged,.

[@MW-xi5go]

This woman is waaaay ahead of herself

[@squireson]

What does that mean ?

[@karziekey]

@@squireson Fig. [for someone] to do or say something sooner than it ought to be done so that the proper explanation or preparations have not been made.

Oh look a right wing chump is trying out new words for him.

[@donkeychan491]

I feel myself getting dumber just listening to these people.

[@francodenobili7654]

no - you have been dumb from birth on and not learned a thing - where do u live ??? kentucky, tennesee, lousiana, alabama, mississippi .................

[@gregbartell4375]

She is fading and trying to stay relevant. No longer impressed with Kara.

[@peterfireflylund]

Never impressed.

[@olyokie]

You were impressed?

[@glenandrewstewart]

Do not interrupt the interviewer

[@MrVara411]

For those curious, the likes are 564 and dislikes 681 as of this comment.

[@billyconnelly3568]

That's because hundreds of eunuch Musk-stans have disliked the piece

[@MrVara411]

@@billyconnelly3568 LOL ok Billy boy

[@MrVara411]

@@billyconnelly3568 Just for you here's an update: 633/808

[@billyconnelly3568]

@@MrVara411 Glad you agree. Musk fans are truly some of the most pathetic people you'll encounter anywhere.

[@HomesteadEngineering]

Elon is the man of the Century.

No.

[@sfpelkey]

oh lord.. is this what a last gasp at relevance sounds like??.. zzz

[@timtim8011]

Elon's child Vivian became trans and (IMO) this radicalized Elon against woke-ism, etc.. This (Vivian situation) seems to have started at least 4 years ago. Why isn't Kara talking about this factor?

[@vespovich]

Imagine being one of the wealthiest, successful people on Earth and your child being queer is enough to send you over the edge into a spiral of anti-wokeism, racism, and antisemitic conspiracy theories. People should be more critical of him, he's clearly unwell and not fit to be in a position of power

[@JerrSpud]

why is is a surprise that someone with Asperger's has behavior issues? Do they forget he has that?

[@sdkfz2519]

Asperger's, psychopathic, and probably bipolar disorder. The guy is a genius, but with a high degree of psychopathy. The worst kind of idol, particularly for young people.

[@linanicolia1363]

He does appear autistic, and manic.

[@vespovich]

Hi, I have Aspergers/autism and I do not condone Elon Musk's actions or radical thinking. Hope that helps

[@JerrSpud]

@@vespovich help with what? I wasn't taking a side.

[@vespovich]

@@JerrSpud My bad. I just don't like seeing people make any excuses for him, he's an evil man.

[@thesadboxman]

The only one acting like god and thinking better than thou is Mrs Swisher here. Regardless of who she interviews she always has this superficial superiority complex. Easy to be an armchair critic. Hard to be the one in the area.

[@markislivingdeliberately]

Exactly. Imagine if her life had the same level of scrutiny as Elon musk. So arrogant. She thinks she’s so superior to Elon even though he’s maybe the most competent man on earth right now.

[@thesadboxman]

@@markislivingdeliberately she's already insufferable. Can't imagine how she gets any worse

[@Clayton139]

Does an Elon Musk also bring on that scrutiny himself by his actions and reaction to things. If the government had not built him out he would be nowhere...

[@thesadboxman]

@@Clayton139 yes to the extent that he's not afraid to speak his mind regardless of how unpopular it may sound. So is the solution for him to just keep quiet and keep his thoughts private? How far do you want to go with that claim? Aren't you only here because you live in the USA? Imagine if you lived in a third world country. Politics would probably be the last thing on your mind. And if you think his success is all due to the government why hasn't anyone else done just as well?

[@No-thing-ness]

It’s called megalomania - and the smartest people are the ones that make sure they do not have sycophants telling them what they want to hear. But the things they do not want to hear.

[@ByteSizedSociety]

I think it's intentional on his part. IDK why though. Musk released Tweets where he foretold the future, around the time he was planning his Texas move-out from California -- way before COVID, warning his fans essentially that he would be a lot less popular amongst certain groups soon. Planning what seemed like a shift to the "Right".

[@regolith1350]

Swisher waves off government overreach a bit too nonchalantly for my taste. We're talking mandates, compelled behavior. Obey government edicts or else. That's not a small thing. Keeping government in check is the whole point of democracy.

[@TheDavidlloydjones]

Keeping epidemics in check is one of the necessary roles of government force.

[@rcpmac]

Nobody has made you do anything personally. If you have a company it of course is regulated. That is how capitalism avoids implosion. Don’t like it? Tough shit

[@trails3597]

Neither was COVID a small thing. The govt paid you to stay home. Of course mistakes are made. That is why democracy works.

[@regolith1350]

@@TheDavidlloydjones Then why didn't they use that "necessary government force" to break up giant gatherings of thousands of people, in direct violation of covid lockdowns, in multiple cities across the country, who were NOT social distancing, not observing any medical protocols, many not wearing masks, yelling and screaming right into cops' faces at point blank range, with spittle flying all over the place? Where was the "necessary" government force then? Especially when the same government was preventing people from operating their businesses, going to church or a wedding, or saying goodbye to a dying family member? The answer is because government force is arbitrary, always has been arbitrary, and always will be arbitrary. Be very, very careful about so casually excusing and justifying government power and overreach, because that power WILL be used in ways you DON'T approve of by people you don't approve of, guaranteed. It is only a question of when, not if. The "for your own protection" rationale has been used by EVERY authoritarian, dictatorial, totalitarian government to silence dissent, toss people into jail, and much worse.

[@DanFeldmanAgileProjectManager]

The citizenry using their government to keep corporations in check is a critical part of democracy.

[@grahammewburn]

When Elon joined Tesla, it was a start up. They were not selling cars. Elon made Tesla what it is today. Elon employed a clever team and is now on the doorstep of achieving Full self driving. Fsd will radically alter the car industry.

[@Canonfudder]

? Nobody is getting FSD done. And the car industry is doomed for simply needing to much space. Its not a well though thought transportation concept.. and thus doomed due to inefficiency and hidden costs in the long run.

[@grahammewburn]

@@Canonfudder A surprise is coming

[@id10t98]

we've been hearing FSD is coming since 2017 and it still isnt here almost a decade later. Elon Musk is a con man.

[@billyconnelly3568]

Few have gotten more subsidies and giveaways from the US government while touting themselves a rugged individualist than Muskrat

[@grahammewburn]

@@Canonfudder The biggest hidden cost is government fines. I hope they don't invent a fine associated with riding in a self driving car.

[@somonosotrooooo]

someone sounds butthurt

[@cmgweb6951]

Same immature persona she's talking about. When people use the words "butt hurt", I know they've not grown out of adolescence yet.

[@derekgrey3927]

She isn't but her boss is cuz the rocket he built looked like a giant flying dong.

[@johnbarrett5229]

Yes Kara sounds butt hurt. I agree.

[@johnbarrett5229]

@@cmgweb6951 Instead of butt hurt, how about "defensive", "bitter", "resentful"??? She sounds like a 1st grader on the playground talking about someone she simply doesn't like. Sorry Kara (aka KAREN), very few people care about what you have to say. Yes really.

[@cmgweb6951]

@@johnbarrett5229 Please! Muskalonge Jones sends 💩💩 emoji's when asked serious questions. He's demented and power hungry. He already has his hands far too deep into the Pentagon!

[@techinfusions]

Elon Musk went on Joe Rogan and smoked some weed live on air, and that episode triggered a chemical imbalance in an already odd person, suddenly he starts retweeting far right conspiracy theories as if they were facts, Musk needs to go to the hospital not to Mars.

[@DailySource]

The Wall Street Journal spoke to numerous sources who said that Musk does drugs not once, but on a regular basis, and much of the time the drugs are much harder than pot. I think your point about a chemical imbalance due to drugs is reasonable… I’m just pointing out that it appears to be from a lot of drug abuse including hard drugs, and not just one time smoking weed. A friend of mine hung out with Musk once a few years ago, and he said they stayed up late getting hammered doing shots of hard liquor. Many people don’t consider that to be a drug, but it is kind of similar… And it is very similar if a person is getting wasted off of it. And it indicates that he has a problem with substance abuse.

[@savedfaves]

Elon took one toke and didn't even inhale. Go drink tea.

[@MichaelAndretti55]

All of the "far right conspiracies" have turned out to be true. You need to unplug from the matrix.

[@hostarepairman]

@@DailySource I thought Elon & his SpaceX staff were being regularly checked for drugs by NASA because of that very appearance on the Joe Rogan show. So how is he not caught with drugs in his system if he is taking them?

[@Clayton139]

Doesn't Elon Musk also bring on all that scrutiny himself by his actions and reaction to things he does. He says he's lonely. Maybe, he is reaching for help? Maybe, we need to help him in some way? Also, if the government had not bailed his car company out he would be nowhere with it...

[@vespovich]

Thank you for saying this. The entire comment section is full of people riding his meat and it's driving me insane

[@MrArtist7777]

I own and drive a Tesla, and have followed Musk since about day 1 and agree with Swisher, Musk started off very level-headed and focused and then Covid screwed with his mind when tons of radical-right nut jobs started fanning him with praise and support, which is ironic as they absolutely hate EV's and solar panels, but Twitter put Musk in the crazy farm, full on! I really hope Musk comes to his senses, stays out of politics and giving his opinion on things we don't need to know about, and focus on running SpaceX and Tesla. The co's are hobbies, they make no money.

[@markislivingdeliberately]

Or, hear me out, you may be the wrong ones for bending the knee and giving away all your liberties to the government for “safety” from a common cold but slightly worse.

[@LahvTM]

@@markislivingdeliberately over a million Americans have died from this "common cold but slightly worse". all our liberties, really? overreact much?

[@cmgweb6951]

Those come to Jesus moments aren't going to happen with Muck. His ego ate him a long time ago, back when they were robbing everyone via the Paypal Mafia. Peter Thiel is just like him, and they were partners in Paypal.

[@DailySource]

I agree with most of the original post. Good points.

[@DailySource]

@@LahvTM excellent reply. besides the massive number of deaths, a really high number of people are badly suffering from long Covid, which has either partially or heavily harmed their quality of life. And minor amounts of liberty were temporarily given up for 18 months until vaccines could be made to very significantly reduce the harm the virus was doing. Much of the far right was and still is in a delusional fantasy bubble that it was similar to a common cold and all liberties were given up for it. Thanks for your efforts of trying to provide good information.

[@Nimitz_oceo]

Honestly this is a mother establishments journalist who has lost access to the most innovative person of our lifetime and is now online venting. She is the problem with modern day journalism.

[@AlottaDixonCider]

this kara dude is obsessed with Elon

[@jonathanlaue3460]

Ironic that Kara chooses to criticise someone who’s achieved more than she could even dream of. WHAT’s YOUR POINT Kara?

[@vespovich]

He's a nepo baby who got money from his father's emerald mine, was bailed out by the government several times in the early odds, and now spends his days with his children disowning him, sinking Twitter further, and being bigoted online. Is this not worthy of criticism to you?

[@prokoviev]

Can someone tell me the list of businesses and new inventions this lady brought up? I do not know of any

[@mm5478]

LOLZ. Perhaps if your hero would stop shit talking the country that loaned him $500 million to start his company he wouldn't be thought of as an A-hole.

[@hwago123]

Laundry is an important issue Ms. Swisher… what companies have you created?

[@wachutub]

What a sad female

[@vespovich]

Calling women "females" is the reason you will never feel the loving touch of one

[@pepunar]

I feel bad for Elon to have ever been friendly with her.

[@peterfireflylund]

He had to suffer lots of bad journalists in the early days.

[@anthonyalbertini4097]

Another woman blasting her hate

[@realmotivation248]

No matter what you say? After 20 years you are not gonna be remembered for anything, but he will be for the great advancements he has done in science and technology. I thinm there will be more advancements as long as he is.

[@aceyage]

He'll be remembered for the sociopathic con-man that he is. Completely irrelevant.

[@jacquelinejohnson7699]

Poor little musketeer 😂😂😂🤣

[@vespovich]

I'll remember him for being extremely annoying and a false prophet to a bunch of tech bros. And his cars falling apart. And abusing the people in African cobalt mines. And the racism. And his children disowning him lmao

[@quakerninja]

Are rich people becoming to dangerous? Where is the Red Line.

[@olyokie]

About $10-15 million. Anything more than that and they see themselves as royals. And there is only one way to deal with royalty….. Think France 1789. E Pluribus Unum

[@logicboard7746]

Elon doesn’t live like his rich peers

[@olyokie]

@@logicboard7746 Uh huh rrrright sucker. He lives like a full blown friggin junkie. And about as smart as one.

[@KC-uw6ph]

no its msm and the government trying to censor and create narratives of people that are dangerous.

[@tribalypredisposed]

I do think that if Tesla went under in 2018, the legacy automakers would have sharply reversed course on making EVs and Europe and America would be waiting for large numbers of Chinese EVs to arrive today. It would have set back the conversion to EVs by a decade, and that is a decade we likely don’t have on the climate catastrophe since I think we are already twenty years too late. That said, yep, for sure there was sexual harassment at Tesla and they knew it, because for example I reported a guy who was groping women and bragged about it. What followed was months of ongoing retaliation that finally got me fired.

[@marcustulliuscicero2676]

1) There is no climate catastrophe 2) EVs are NOT environmentally friendly 3) conversion to EVs - even if there were the environmental panacea you make them to be which they are not - is simply not attainable, unsustainable, and the current drive is foolish and can't continue for much longer

[@honesty_-no9he]

@@marcustulliuscicero2676 Pollution is real. EVs are environmentally friendly. STFU.

[@angelozachos8777]

“Climate Catastrophe” 😂 I’ve been hearing about Climate Catastrophe since high school back in the early 90’s . Since then , global militaries have spent TRILLIONS and killed tens of MILLIONS - and likely polluted the environment as much as any institution Yet no one talks seriously about ending wars 😂 But “CLIMATE CATASTROPHE” bad , huh ?😂 Gimme a break

[@ShovelShovel]

to be fair China EVs only exist because IP theft and know how from Tesla. It's the same for their cell phone businesses, only reason they're successful is because they stole technology from iPhone and Android.

[@davidmaddon554]

He didn’t create Tesla lol😂

[@yourjjrjjrjj]

Musk was an innovator, but after he ran out of ideas, he just became annoying.

[@adrianaadnan9958]

It really feels like he n kara should sit down for another chat n mend things

[@anthonyalbertini4097]

Where are the women in the world designing and building things.

[@Leto2ndAtreides]

The sleeping on the factory floor is a somewhat classic "leading from the front" move. Giving more than you demand of others... You'd go out of your way for a leader like that. And I'm not sure his point about Tesla's fall being dangerous for humanity's future is entirely wrong. Tesla was a symbol. Proof that electric cars that everyone thought wouldn't be commercially viable, could work and be profitable. Tesla inspired all the other major car makers to change direction. Tesla failing, might well have had the reverse effect. Especially back then. So, even if a little exaggerated, his basic point may well be valid.

[@markstephens9825]

Starting to make a lot of sense. Never paid much attention to her wonder led why I kept seeing her on talk shows and what not. Her delusions and misunderstandings spread out into general public. She’s the propagandist that’s behind so many insane things in our culture. She called ben Shapiro a Neo nazi? That’s insane she’s just crazy. Finally this is all turning around. She’s lost all credibility.

[@BuccaneersBliss]

Who cares what she thinks. Shes irrelevant.

[@Zedster88]

Kinda like yourself?

[@BasicFolders]

There she says it...."I created All Things because I got sick of not being able to talk about things I reported on." Either you're a JOURNALIST or a BLOGGER. PICK ONE. If you're a JOURNALIST I should't be able to tell your political preferences, you should just be REPORTING and letting ME decide. She is NOT self aware at all.

[@Bluelightning23]

You are damn right and on point.

[@somchai9033]

Drama queen you'll never hear a guy do an interview like this

[@Yanquetino]

I had E'loon's number when he first bribed his way into Tesla, then did a hostile takeover of the company, with the excuse that he need to "save it" from bankruptcy -when HE is the one who brought it to the brink of bankruptcy by demanding expensive changes to the design of the original Roadster.!

[@linanicolia1363]

EV's are dangerous as all these batteries can burn up/explode and kill people after they have a collision. The extraction of cobalt in African mines ia tragic for the kids who do it for money. It is also a long term issue for the environment, so ? He needs to stop building EV's and go for hydrogen. Plenty of that.......I keep putting that reminder in my posts. Like...he reads them....Ha...ha...who is delusional now ? ..

[@Yanquetino]

@@linanicolia1363 👆 Pe'troll.

[@peterfireflylund]

@@linanicolia1363Please get informed so you can direct your righteous outrage better.

[@island97]

how did he bribe his way into tesla, when he put up 98% of the seed round funding to start the company? He then led the other 3 funding rounds . He was the largest shareholder, which makes a hostile takeover impossible😂

[@dugnology]

He was looking to build an electric car company and Tesla was a shortcut. Out of all of the founders, he kept only one member. They were technical people, tinkerers. Not the kind of people who can run and scale a company. @@island97

[@sherbournesubwaymess]

Kara's legacy will still be that 'annoying twit' who kept interrupting Walt Mossberg at the "All Things Digital" interviews.

[@BenW.-lx9eq]

Brown nosing is a big business. Lack of disclosures work with it. Erik Prince took home more than 100 million for building Navy Seal dojos.

[@gilrose12345]

Every journalist who is not too stupid or full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible. He is a kind of confidence man, preying on people's vanity, ignorance, or loneliness, gaining their trust and betraying them without remorse. Janet Malcolm

[@Jdpew354]

Sounds very snippy and childish

[@dennisfahey2379]

Can we be honest and say that Wall Street needs an Iconoclast to sell the tech sector? When Steve Jobs passed away the hype machine ramped up for Musk and he leaned into it. Not that he doesn't have an ego but he's playing the character they demand if him. And yes I realize he did not create some things that people associate to him but he is a very good spokesman. Tesla is very successful and has never run a single ad. Musk is the product more than the car although they are exceptional vehicles.

[@hostarepairman]

" . . he's playing the character "they' demand of him". What drivel. Elon has always refused the unfair demands of others, period.

[@andreucfreire1328]

In this world fool of jerks on and in power, at least he is challenging the legacy auto industry and petroquímicas. Jerk or not he is moving this corrupt and letargic system.

[@davidwthomson9641]

I dont think he cares or should..

[@moralesfv8228]

she's been nicked from the teet of relevance. "beat" it...

[@avatardailyfitnessjournal]

I want my 10 minutes back. ( 6 minutes of video + 4 minutes being angry and trying to come up with this comment)

[@logicboard7746]

Kara has a cognitive dissonance due to her woke ideology

[@vespovich]

You have cognitive dissonance due to worshipping modern day Rockefeller and being a bootlicker

[@Adrian_Stone]

"I don't care" - you cared enough to mention you "don't care", so in truth, you really do care... a least a little.

[@jerryrichardson2799]

I'll be buying Kara's book.

[@sao9995]

Those who can, do. Those who can't, and harbor no clue are journalists. Kara Swisher couldn't find the truth if she slept on it! She's just awful.

[@rgcwow]

Musk went from hero to zero when he went to Israel and fillated Netenyahu at the expense of so very many Palestinian lives. Having said that Kara Swisher here is simply doing a petty cynical hatchet job on Musk for dumping her. What a waste of time to watch her here.

[@rainkloud]

interesting she doesn't mention anything about his relationships and how they may have affected him

[@meccanised]

she's talked about his dad ad nauseum and mentioned he shuold go to a therapist many times.

[@jumpman858]

Lol. This lady is such a Karen. "ohhh did digital yellow pages and Paypal. Whatever, no big deal"... Let's see your resume lady. hahahaha. I can only imagine what Elon would say if he watched this interview.

[@prisenax]

Kara thinks she is smarter and better than Elon Musk... what a clown . Kara's opinion is just for herself and her friends. Elon will be remembered in human history with all his achievement. But haters will just be flying like dust..

[@hdswashere]

I'm surprised the comments here weren't flooded by Swisher fans like every other podcast she was on. I wish people would look at her history with some of these tech billionaires more critically. Can't wait to see her defending Sam Altman next when he takes a turn.

[@ibnadrone9866]

Absolutely!

[@tnndll4294]

Or say she's "disappointed" in Sam too, if she doesn't like his politics. Both Elon & Kara need to stay out of politics.

[@Throwingness]

Commissar Kara Swisher calling successful people "full time pontificators".

[@acc4465]

This woman is such a liar.

[@StevenCampbell1955]

Musk has begun to worry me for his support of Trump, even in the small things. That is a slippery slope which leads to Dictatorships.

[@Wonderwall36]

Dictatorships? Why do you say that?

[@lhurst9550]

You are such a useful idiot of the left. Stand up, look around and smell what is going on. The only "dictatorship" is coming from the left.

[@dkchen]

I smell Trump Derangement Syndrome. Seriously you're literally making stuff up now to support a narrative with no proof.

[@linanicolia1363]

agree. Not making him look good. Makes me uncomfortable too.

[@lhurst9550]

@@linanicolia1363 Elon is on the right side of history, you need to reassess.

[@clavo3352]

Count your blessings Kara This kooky financial country is one creepy ride as of late!

[@larrybutler8794]

Scatter brain!

[@dhr2llcsquared162]

She sounds incredibly bitter, intellectually dull and unprofessional.

[@Blaah6]

What’s the fall out?

[@wegder]

Musk Says Tesla Will Be the 2nd-Largest Semi Brand in America by 2024 The Tesla CEO claimed the company will make 50,000 Semis a year by 2024 - more trucks than Kenworth, Peterbilt, and Volvo Trucks sell in the U.S. each year.

[@efrenfornoles961]

2024 is not done yet, so 50,000 is still possible. This number being the most built shows the industry needs a jolt, Tesla might just do that.

[@dianehuali2659]

Misguided conversation. No common sense.

[@viz8746]

Who is this Kara Swisher?

[@KeithKritselis]

"Part-time VC and full time pontificator" is the best quote I've heard in weeks...

[@michaelcohen4545]

Kara's Maid forgot to show up before the interview.

[@theTimHernandez]

Swisher is insufferable.

[@helvetiaresearch9973]

Kara is also a major narcissist.

[@stephengneri2136]

seems like the bots are out again. read below.

[@rcpmac]

Kara, thanks for sharing your experience and observations about Musk. I used to be a fanboy before he dropped his cover and began acting out. Truly a shame.

[@TheTruthSeeker756]

He has WASTED so much time on USELESS Mars, Twitter, and Politics when with his Brainpower and Money he could be working on developing Safe, Clean Energy. It’s very sad and why he will never be the Hero he could have been

[@natpainter8185]

the man is trying to get him, and i wouldnt ever trust someone who said they've never tried drugs. We live in america, everybody is on drugs

[@Leto2ndAtreides]

Trump's Muslim Ban was basically a campaign promise. So even if Musk could've convinced Trump that the idea was wrong, the momentum behind it was too strong to reverse. I do remember Musk saying that he was a source of sanity in Trump's group of business consultants. lol

[@BuccaneersBliss]

Except it wasn't a Muslim ban. Fact check.

[@georgestewart8414]

I'm still on the fence about Musk, when he became a Republican I knew he was a corporate man and I hated that about him. He has done what the auto industry refused to do, go electric. He has shown NASA that private industry can do better job then they can. He knows how to hire the right people something the auto industry and NASA hasn't done. The people he hires come up with some of the best innovations of our times and yet I have this feeling that he can turn on this country.

[@vespovich]

He deserves credit for organizing great minds, but he himself isn't one. I'm glad what people were able to accomplish under him but he's evil and I despise anyone who tries to paint him as a genius or visionary

[@cyberoptic5757]

Elon changed after engaging with the politicians of Texas, and negotiating political action for tax abatements to benefit Tesla. Covid + Texas. That's my take.

[@ClaxtonBay123]

A GROWN MAN who INTENTIONALLY is doing what he's doing didn't "Change". That's just who he's always been.

[@johnarnold893]

@@ClaxtonBay123Yeah, he's autistic.

[@marcustulliuscicero2676]

He changed for the better.

[@tnndll4294]

She was disppointed in Elon, because of his politics. Both Kara & Elon need to stay out of politics.

[@tnndll4294]

Elon should focus on being neutral and fixing Twitter; Kara should focus on journalism instead of political causes.

[@Jin125]

She was disappointed in Elon because of his behavior more so than his politics. A lot of people including Kara have noticed his change. He's become more unhinged and divisive as his wealth has grown. He literally spreads hate every day on Twitter and barely talks about his companies anymore. Money and power ultimately doesn't change who you are but it reveals who you are.

[@j1r223]

Thank you So much for speaking.