When Donald Trump re-entered the White Home, Elon Musk got here with him as his ‘tech bro-in-chief’, tasked with rebooting the federal government machine. However 5 months on, Musk’s formidable plan to chop $2tn from the annual authorities finances has failed, and his relationship with the president has led to a bitter break-up. Might the world’s richest man come to remorse his time in politics?
Murad Ahmed speaks to Joe Miller, the FT’s Washington correspondent, about how and why Musk’s time in DC got here to an abrupt finish, and to Stephen Morris, the FT’s San Francisco bureau chief, about what this implies for Musk’s enterprise empire.
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This season of Tech Tonic is introduced by Murad Ahmed and produced by Josh Gabert-Doyon. The senior producer is Edwin Lane and the chief producer is Flo Phillips. Sound design by Breen Turner and Samantha Giovinco. Authentic music by Metaphor Music, Manuela Saragosa and Topher Forhecz are the FT’s appearing co-heads of audio.
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