Elon Musk (4:10)

And I'm hopeful, for example, with the tariffs that that at the end of the day, I hope it is agreed that both Europe and the United States should move, ideally in my view, to a zero tariff situation, effectively creating a free trade zone between Europe and North America. And that would be my that's what I hope occurs and also more freedom of people to move between Europe and North America if they wish, if they wish to work in Europe or wish to work in America, they should be allowed to do so, in my view. So that has certainly been my advice to the president.

Political Commentator (4:54)

Now there's a feud that has been brewing between Elon Musk and Peter Navarro. Peter Navarro is one of Donald Trump's top economic advisors. And Navarro's been going on Fox and making his rounds and other right wing propaganda media saying that Elon Musk really isn't a car manufacturer, he's just a salesman. Navarro says he's just someone who sells cars. Play this clip.

Peter Navarro (5:19)

It was interesting to hear Elon Musk at the beginning talk about his zero tariff zone with Europe. He doesn't understand that. And the thing that's I think important about Elon to understand, he sells cars. That's what he does. And if you look, for example, at the Tesla factories in Texas, they're assembly plants and they get a lot of their content from China, Mexico, Japan and Taiwan and elsewhere.

Political Commentator (5:43)

So then Elon Musk responded by calling Navarro a moron. Navarro is truly a moron. What he says here is demonstrably false. Tesla has the most American made cars. Navarro is dumber than a sack of bricks by any definition whatsoever. Tesla is the most vertically integrated auto manufacturer in America with the highest percentage of U.S. content. Navarro should ask the fake expert he invented, Ron Vera. And then Elon Musk started calling Peter Navarro Peter our word repeatedly, over and over again. This is from that Rolling Stones article that I referenced before, which was basically titled Inside Elon Musk's Gleeful Destruction of the Government. Here's what it says. It says the following quote I have been in the same room with Elon and he always tries to be funny and he's not funny like at all, says a senior Trump administration official. Quote he makes these jokes and a little asides and smiles and then looks almost hurt if you don't lap up his humor. I keep using the word annoying. A lot of people who have to deal with him do, but the word doesn't do the situation justice. Elon just thinks he's smarter than everyone else in the room and acts like it, even when it's clear he doesn't know what he's talking about. Musk has nod at the patience of an array of high ranking administration officials, to the point that according to the this official and two others Trump lieutenants have walked out of meetings and earnestly asked one another if they thought Musk was high. Administration officials joked to one another about subjecting Musk to mandatory drug testing, which Musk himself said would be a great idea for federal employees. A lawyer for Musk has said that he's regularly and randomly drug tested at SpaceX and has never failed the test. Quote Talking to the guy is sometimes like listening to a really rusty nail on a chalkboard, says the senior Trump administration official, who adds that Musk is not much of a team player either. He's just the most irritating person I've ever had to deal with and that is saying something. Especially someone who works for Donald Trump. That is saying something. Want to show this as well? Here's the audio of Elon Musk saying during his telephone town hall a while back that electing Trump would bring temporary hardship and pain. Although I'm not sure Elon Musk expected to bring himself pain. But as I said at the beginning, karma comes for everyone and Elon Musk.

Elon Musk (8:08)

Play this clip we have to reduce spending to live within our means and you know that that necessarily involves some some temporary hardship, but it's will ensure long term prosperity.

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Should also be noted that Tesla not only are Tesla's Tesla sales plunging, but we're seeing gains in GM and other automakers. Overall, sales of electric vehicles are actually rising over about 11% in the first three months of the year as traditional car makers offered new models. And that's the leakage of people who had Teslas before saying I can't be caught driving one of these things, you know. At this point it is a sign of shame based on what Elon Musk has done to the brand. Car buyers are moving away from Teslas and towards models like General Motors, Chevrolet Equinox electric vehicle which start at around 35,000 and other automobiles like that. Tesla sales plunge 76% in Germany last month China, Europe as I mentioned before, working together, which looks like it's going to help byd. The BYD stock is soaring and let me show you. This, this is Trump's Transportation Secretary, Sean Duffy, who got famous on the Real World Road Rule Challenge. And here he seems to be almost blaming Elon Musk and Doge for cuts after multiple fatal aircraft crashes. Play this clip.

Sean Duffy (11:23)

But, but I want to talk about Doge for a second. Okay. I know there's been a lot of people get, there's been some freak out, there's been some concern, there's been a lot of emotion. And I would just tell you, do I want to make our government more efficient? Do I want to be able to do a little more with, with a little less? Because then I put more money into the great work that we do. Yeah, I want to do that. But you can't do that without good people, right? And so though I want us to be more efficient, I also look, and as I think of Doge cutting things, I don't know about that elsewhere, but we actually build things here, right? You can't cut your way to a new road, you can't cut your way to a new bridge, you can't cut your way into new, a new air traffic control system. So we're actually going to build in this department. And if I don't and you don't all build with me, the president's going to come back in probably four months and go, where are the roads, where are the bridges, where's the airspace revamp? And he's going to give us a very hard time. And so let me.

Political Commentator (12:30)

There was the helicopter crash this weekend, airplanes clipping each other. He was speaking in front of the Federal Aviation. That was Trump's transportation secretary speaking in front of the FAA there. Share this with you, a scoop from Wired. So I guess this is Elon Musk's like, last grasp here. So one of the things that Musk is trying to do is to make X his social media platform, which used to be Twitter, the main form of communication by the government. With people. So, for example, and Wired got this scoop. The Social Security Administration SSA will be shifting its public communication exclusively to X. Sources tell Wired this comes as agency plans, as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90%. So let me be very clear, they're cutting the regional Social Security office workforce by 90%. But if seniors want to now find out about issues regarding their benefits or what to do, apparently one of the things that we're learning about here is seniors will have to, what, join X? They'll have to join the platform right now. Seriously. In any event, that's Elon Musk's last grasp here, but karma has definitely come from. Oh, you want to see what BYD looks like? This is from Car Gurus UK. They've got a YouTube channel, and here they go into the BYD car to show what it's like.

Car Reviewer (14:04)

Here, play this clip the second I sat in it. What astonishes me is that this feels in every respect pretty much as good as an Audi or a BMW or Mercedes inside compared to a Model S. The interior on this substantially better in terms of its aesthetic, I believe, and also its perceived quality.

Political Commentator (14:21)

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