Speaker 1: Now let's get to Washington, d C.
Speaker 2: Where billionaire Elon Musk took his campaign to cut the
Speaker 2: US federal government into uncharted waters. Today, Musk was invited
Speaker 2: to a top level meeting at the Pentagon by Defense
Speaker 2: Secretary Pete Hegseth. The New York Times reported yesterday that
Speaker 2: Musk would be briefed on secret war plans for China.
Speaker 2: That something Musk, President Trump, and others denied. Musk called
Speaker 2: for the prosecution of any Defense Department official leaking quote
Speaker 2: maliciously false information about his visit end quote. After the
Speaker 2: Pentagon meeting, Musk stood with President Trump in Defense Secretary
Speaker 2: Hegseth this afternoon for a briefing on the visit. Hegseth
Speaker 2: described a meeting as an informal conversation with Musk that
Speaker 2: focused on innovation and efficiencies. However, the tech billionaire has
Speaker 2: businesses that currently have a number of contracts with the
Speaker 2: Defense Department end quote. How much can we really really
Speaker 2: say about it? I mean, if you got contracts with
Speaker 2: the Defense Apartment, then there's nothing wrong with the Defense
Speaker 2: Department meeting with you. If you're Elon Musk, that's just reality.
Speaker 1: Should it make us uncomfortable. Sure, shit.
Speaker 2: And the reason why I should make us uncomfortable is
Speaker 2: because of the fact that he's not an elected official,
Speaker 2: nor is he somebody pointed to an official position that
Speaker 2: involves Congressional or Senate confirmation.
Speaker 1: So based off.
Speaker 2: Of that, you know, we really have no jurisdiction over
Speaker 2: him per se. And so when you look at it
Speaker 2: from that standpoint, that's a reason to be uncomfortable. There's
Speaker 2: a lot of reasons to be uncomfortable. I'm not here
Speaker 2: to castigate Elon Musk in any way. He's innovative, he's creative,
Speaker 2: widely recognized as somebody that's brilliant. Clearly got enough money
Speaker 2: he don't have to worry about money for the rest
Speaker 2: of his for the rest of his days. Was he
Speaker 2: worth about four hundred billion dollars? I mean, it is
Speaker 2: what it is. I'm simply making the point that once again,
Speaker 2: it's something that makes you uncomfortable. System of laws, rules
Speaker 2: and regulations, and when somebody is in a position where
Speaker 2: they clearly can circumvent them at their discretion. When you're
Speaker 2: in a White House talking to the media while the
Speaker 2: president is sitting down and you're standing up and your
Speaker 2: son is saying you're not really the president my dad is.
Speaker 2: That's very, very uncomfortable for American citizens to deal with,
Speaker 2: particularly not just the seventy seven million plus who voted
Speaker 2: for Trump, but the seventy four plus million voted against them.
Speaker 2: So these are uncomfortable times. But I gotta admit to y'all,
Speaker 2: this ain't the story that people want it to be.
Speaker 1: I don't like the access that he has.
Speaker 2: I don't like the fact that it purportedly reportedly involves
Speaker 2: potential dealings or strategizing against China, even though he's categoried
Speaker 2: and denied that's what it was about. Obviously, he's South African,
Speaker 2: and I'm not trying to draw any kind of connection.
Speaker 2: I'm simply saying, when you look at China and some
Speaker 2: of the inroads they've made in places like Africa, it
Speaker 2: likes South America, et cetera, et cetera, you.
Speaker 1: Gotta wonder about him.
Speaker 2: These are legitimate questions to ask while we're connecting dots,
Speaker 2: because it appears that we only know about Elon Musk
Speaker 2: what he wants us to know. And when you are
Speaker 2: somebody in a position of power and influence the way
Speaker 2: that he is, we want to know a little bit
Speaker 2: more about you. Again, I don't know, not trying to
Speaker 2: pretend that I do. But the discomfort that his presence
Speaker 2: in certain situations evokes, I can't blame it.
Speaker 1: I can't blame it. But if you.
Speaker 2: Already got contracts with the Defense Department, several contracts, I
Speaker 2: might add, then, how to hell we gonna complain about
Speaker 2: him meeting with Hegseth and Trump?
Speaker 1: How's that possible? Can't see it, can't see it.