WEBVTT - Wedbush Dan Ives Talks Tesla

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomberg Audio Studios, podcasts, radio news.

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<v Speaker 2>Right now, Daniel Ives joins us, and he's the greatest

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<v Speaker 2>thing about Ives is when he's right, he doesn't do

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<v Speaker 2>the rhyme right, I'm right and right thing. He just

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<v Speaker 2>moves on to the next analysis. So I'm gonna go

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<v Speaker 2>CFA on you, Dan Ies joining from Webbush. The thing

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<v Speaker 2>I don't get is the terminal value of revenue growth

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<v Speaker 2>for these juggernauts. The media is out one quarter, if

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<v Speaker 2>we're lucky, three quarters a year, the streets out two years.

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<v Speaker 2>I was trained to go out five or even seven years.

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<v Speaker 2>Do they have persistency of revenue growth out to two

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<v Speaker 2>thy thirty two?

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<v Speaker 3>I look, I think, for really the first time maybe ever,

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<v Speaker 3>big tech, because of this AI revolution, the visibility and

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<v Speaker 3>the demand that they're seeing gives them what I believe

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<v Speaker 3>is almost hypergrowth into the next call it, you know, five.

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<v Speaker 4>Six, seven years.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think that's that's essentially what we're seeing play

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<v Speaker 1>out here, whether it's on digital media, whether it's on cloud,

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<v Speaker 1>across the board, even in the tariff uncertainty, Big Tech,

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<v Speaker 1>Rocker Gibraltar, I mean, it's it's playing through as we

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<v Speaker 1>see it.

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<v Speaker 5>Hey, Dan, I'm looking at a Microsoft. I mean, here's

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<v Speaker 5>a three trillion dollar market cap company, stocks up pre market.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, it's just amazing. Here. Talk to us about

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<v Speaker 5>what's got the street enthus tier about Microsoft this morning?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, first off, I mean think about all the rumors

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<v Speaker 3>abandoned data centers here and there that, well, how about

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<v Speaker 3>them apples? Right, you don't see I don't think those

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<v Speaker 3>a banded datas and that story is gonna gonna disappear, right.

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<v Speaker 4>Because the reality is like Azure two.

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<v Speaker 1>Hundred bits above street accelerating into the next quarter or two.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean to put some numbers in, I basically think

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<v Speaker 4>like you.

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<v Speaker 3>Could be looking at for a typical Microsoft customer, you

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<v Speaker 3>could be looking at thirty to forty dollars of every

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<v Speaker 3>hundred hours that they've already spent, thirty to forty incremental

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<v Speaker 3>just on AI spent. You put that together and you

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<v Speaker 3>can essentially be looking at cloud numbers are essentially double

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<v Speaker 3>every two years.

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<v Speaker 4>Dan.

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<v Speaker 5>Prior to the beginning of this year, all we talked

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<v Speaker 5>about was AI for the past couple of years, and

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<v Speaker 5>for the last you know, four months, we've talked about

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<v Speaker 5>nothing but tariffs. How is the AI story unfolding. Now,

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<v Speaker 5>can you give us an update?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, look, i'd say, and we talk about it.

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<v Speaker 3>You know that that Tom reference. In the last few weeks,

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<v Speaker 3>like all of our checks, I mean, we've seen some

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<v Speaker 3>eccent almost and acceleration and a.

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<v Speaker 6>Lot of the AI spend because I think companies are

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<v Speaker 6>basically saying like this is you cannot touch this, because

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<v Speaker 6>this is really what's driving the strategic shit a view

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<v Speaker 6>of a lot of these comings over the coming years.

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<v Speaker 3>And I think we're talking two two and a half

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<v Speaker 3>trillion that's gonna be spent with AI, with really a

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<v Speaker 3>small amount.

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<v Speaker 4>Of companies that are going to benefit. D I think

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<v Speaker 4>when it comes to taps is not impound.

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<v Speaker 2>I got a return on invested capital folks, that one

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<v Speaker 2>of the best screens in the Bloomberg terminal is wacc

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<v Speaker 2>way to the average cost of capital study. It's what's

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<v Speaker 2>called a stern Stewart study from a million years ago.

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<v Speaker 2>And I got a persistent twenty five percent return on

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<v Speaker 2>invested capital for Sachin company Dan ives. I got revenue

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<v Speaker 2>pre pandemic of one hundred and twenty six gazillion. They've

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<v Speaker 2>done a double to where we are. Now, do they

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<v Speaker 2>get out to I can't believe I've never said this number.

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<v Speaker 2>Are they going to get out to five hundred billion

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<v Speaker 2>in annual revenue two thousand and thirty one, two thousand

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<v Speaker 2>and thirty two? What's in the way of that?

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, I think four fifty to five hundred. I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>it's it's hitable because just given I don't see what's

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<v Speaker 3>going to stop it, just given where companies are going,

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<v Speaker 3>and just to I mean you put in perspective today

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<v Speaker 3>like you only have two percent of US enterprises that

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<v Speaker 3>have gone down the true AI path. It just shows

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<v Speaker 3>that's just US. None in Europe, none really, I mean

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<v Speaker 3>outside of China, it's minimum in terms of agent. It

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<v Speaker 3>just shows where this is going, despite obviously tireff uncertainty.

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<v Speaker 5>Hey Dan, we're going to get our good friends from Coopertino.

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<v Speaker 5>Apple's gonna report after the close here today. What are

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<v Speaker 5>you looking for?

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<v Speaker 3>I feel like they're not going to give guidance, right,

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, I'd be shocked, And I think I think

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<v Speaker 3>the big question for them is the quarter itself actually

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<v Speaker 3>was pretty strong and even something that could be pulled forward.

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<v Speaker 7>The big question for them is like, how do you

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<v Speaker 7>navigate coming out with iPhone seventeen in a typical cycle

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<v Speaker 7>with these tariffs, what are you waiting for from the administration?

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<v Speaker 4>Is there a? And I think that's the question. There's

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<v Speaker 4>the timing.

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<v Speaker 3>Get the way we've talked about for Apple obviously being bullish,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, for for a ducade, this is you don't

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<v Speaker 3>look at it over the next three months. You gotta

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<v Speaker 3>look as you know, as tom Owi's reverence, you got

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<v Speaker 3>to look over the next twelve to eighteen months. I'll

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<v Speaker 3>give free cash flow, I'll get the install base, and

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<v Speaker 3>even if things move around and then I then negotiations

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<v Speaker 3>ultimately come through, and I think they will be much

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<v Speaker 3>more unscathed relative to.

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<v Speaker 4>You know where we see things stay when it comes

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<v Speaker 4>to tiers.

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<v Speaker 5>Tom Apple's gonna have over one hundred billion dollars for

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<v Speaker 5>free cash flow. Yeah, I mean, well, Dan, what do

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<v Speaker 5>they do here with this free cash flow here?

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, look, M and A has obviously been minimal

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<v Speaker 4>to that. The way that they view it in Cooper Tino,

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<v Speaker 4>it's it's basically from an R O I C.

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<v Speaker 3>It's about to buy back and it's about ultimately how

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<v Speaker 3>they how.

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<v Speaker 4>They're going to continue to return that to Cheryl.

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<v Speaker 7>Right.

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<v Speaker 2>You can notice you don't see this on Bluebrig radio,

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<v Speaker 2>but you see it on YouTube. What I've does is

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<v Speaker 2>he's at some golf courses. He in Arizona, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know he airport, he drops in the webbush backdrop of

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<v Speaker 2>some class hotel room. He's like at a Motel five

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<v Speaker 2>or a Motel Force somewhere instead of some two thousand

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<v Speaker 2>dollars a night golf course in Scottsdaleer you know one

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<v Speaker 2>of the places sweet he's been.

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<v Speaker 5>Dan.

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<v Speaker 2>I look at the belief here and what I see

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<v Speaker 2>more than anything is mag seven is under owned by

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<v Speaker 2>disbelieving institutions. Retail America loves Apple. Okay, that's a generalization

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<v Speaker 2>of my part. But what happens when we wake up

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<v Speaker 2>this morning with thirty three percent as your growth rate,

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<v Speaker 2>what we get from Amazon tomorrow, whatever? I just count

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<v Speaker 2>the boxes at the bottom of the scots d and

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<v Speaker 2>I where is the institutional wall street? The belief in

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<v Speaker 2>these companies?

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<v Speaker 3>I think what I ken nailed it Retails, stuck with it,

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<v Speaker 3>institutional They've hit the exit, and I think they got

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<v Speaker 3>and they've got scared out a lot of the mags Haven,

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of attack and now I guess what's gonna

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<v Speaker 3>happen over the coming weeks.

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<v Speaker 4>They're they're gonna have to double down.

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<v Speaker 3>And I think that's why I think the run here

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<v Speaker 3>that we can see intact over the next three four weeks,

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<v Speaker 3>especially as we go through this, I think could be

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<v Speaker 3>massive because it's under own institutionally.

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<v Speaker 4>Christ well Is Paul talked about stock being up nine.

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<v Speaker 4>There was a view that they were gonna miss ager.

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<v Speaker 3>They absolutely, I mean, this is an Aaron Judge like performance.

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<v Speaker 5>Hey, yes, it is Aaron Judge. Happened even a better

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<v Speaker 5>year this year than last year, if that's eaves impossible exactly. Hey, Dan,

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<v Speaker 5>talk to us about Tesla and I think a lot

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<v Speaker 5>of people are probably most interested in Elon Musk. We

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<v Speaker 5>haven't heard from him much over the past month or

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<v Speaker 5>two on the Doge front. Where do you and I

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<v Speaker 5>know you've been very very public and very outspoken about

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<v Speaker 5>suggestion that he really needs to get back to his

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<v Speaker 5>day job at Tesla. What do we know about Elon

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<v Speaker 5>Musk and Tesla these days?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah? And then obviously you know the Journal article which

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<v Speaker 3>obviously a board denied then that I came out last

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<v Speaker 3>night about you know, looking for.

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<v Speaker 4>A CEO potentially, Look, the reality is a must. That

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<v Speaker 4>was a Code RED situation and it was the most

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<v Speaker 4>important comments.

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<v Speaker 3>Call he ever had to do, and he handled it.

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<v Speaker 3>I think the best I've ever seen him. Pick Tesla.

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<v Speaker 3>He's going to lead them into this next chapter when

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<v Speaker 3>it comes to autonomous robotics, and ultimately I think that

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<v Speaker 3>more and more a growth rebound that we see in

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<v Speaker 3>China and his days at the White House are done.

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<v Speaker 3>However you want to call it one to two days

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<v Speaker 3>that we I mean, I think this is the being

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<v Speaker 3>and the end. The board was not gonna take it.

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<v Speaker 3>CHERYLD is not going to tape it. But but that's

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<v Speaker 3>you're talking about one of the biggest of the technology

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<v Speaker 3>comans through a muscus, Tesla's musk

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<v Speaker 2>And your community across the nation this morning and of

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<v Speaker 2>course on YouTube, Dan Eyes with Us with White Bush