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Arthur Aidala on Tech CEO’s in Trump Inauguration: ‘We Live in a Capitalist Society, We Elected a Capitalist Leader’
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CNN

Name: CNN
URL: http://www.cnn.com/
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CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip

Name: CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
URL: https://www.cnn.com/
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Julie Roginsky
, Abby Phillip
, Kara Swisher
, Arthur Aidala

Name: Julie Roginsky
Employment: Lift Our Voices
Position: Co-Founder

Name: Abby Phillip
Employment: CNN
Position: Reporter

Name: Kara Swisher
Position: Journalist

Name: Arthur Aidala
Employment: Aidala, Bertuna & Kamins
Position: Managing Partner
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01/24/2025 12:32 am
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AIDALA How many people ░░░░░░░░ Elon Musk employed between ░░░░░░░░ and all this ROGINSKY ░░░░░░░░ as much as Walmart ░░░░░░░░ you don t see ░░░░░░░░ crosstalk AIDALA But really ░░░░░░░░ s what you just ░░░░░░░░ They made a friendship ░░░░░░░░ became buddies And that ░░░░░░░░ why he s got ░░░░░░░░ ROGINSKY Arthur it s ░░░░░░░░ little different than that ░░░░░░░░ It s about priorities ░░░░░░░░ had the president of ░░░░░░░░ United States and then ░░░░░░░░ in the front row ░░░░░░░░ Jeff Bezos and Beyonce ░░░░░░░░ me You had Elon ░░░░░░░░ you had Mark Zuckerberg ░░░░░░░░ who are these people ░░░░░░░░ why are they sitting ░░░░░░░░ of the legislative Branch ░░░░░░░░ Because we live in ░░░░░░░░ capitalist society ROGINSKY No ░░░░░░░░ Yes we do Yes ░░░░░░░░ do We do live ░░░░░░░░ a capitalist society And ░░░░░░░░ elected a capitalist leader ░░░░░░░░ And we don t ░░░░░░░░ in an oligarchy yet ░░░░░░░░ But who are you ░░░░░░░░ Putin you ve surrounded ░░░░░░░░ with oligarchs now We ░░░░░░░░ a Constitution here AIDALA ░░░░░░░░ we did not elect ░░░░░░░░ politician We didn t ░░░░░░░░ Senator Obama we didn ░░░░░░░░ elect Senator Biden SWISHER ░░░░░░░░ right let me just ░░░░░░░░ PHILLIP OK Last word ░░░░░░░░ SWISHER Since I m ░░░░░░░░ only one who knows ░░░░░░░░ these people and have ░░░░░░░░ them many times let ░░░░░░░░ give you something They ░░░░░░░░ these people had no ░░░░░░░░ in politics until they ░░░░░░░░ one it s very ░░░░░░░░ to buy politicians two ░░░░░░░░ started to get caught ░░░░░░░░ the regulatory crosshairs that ░░░░░░░░ other industry in history ░░░░░░░░ had They don t ░░░░░░░░ any of that And ░░░░░░░░ what they re doing ░░░░░░░░ they re seeing it ░░░░░░░░ really cheap to get ░░░░░░░░ politics and have influence ░░░░░░░░ so you need proximity ░░░░░░░░ this particular president who ░░░░░░░░ very transactional and I ░░░░░░░░ being nice when I ░░░░░░░░ saying transactional He s ░░░░░░░░ You re correct SWISHER ░░░░░░░░ so that s what ░░░░░░░░ re doing And so ░░░░░░░░ Trump was doing was ░░░░░░░░ more interesting is he ░░░░░░░░ them there in television ░░░░░░░░ s a television president ░░░░░░░░ so he sat them ░░░░░░░░ and so they were ░░░░░░░░ sitting there in a ░░░░░░░░ which and he was ░░░░░░░░ look who I oh ░░░░░░░░ who I control PHILLIP ░░░░░░░░ almost every shot you ░░░░░░░░ see them And you ░░░░░░░░ totally right SWISHER You ░░░░░░░░ who wasn t in ░░░░░░░░ shots Sam Altman and ░░░░░░░░ Cook PHILLIP Right yes ░░░░░░░░ re totally right about ░░░░░░░░ He placed them there ░░░░░░░░ that they could be ░░░░░░░░ And that was very ░░░░░░░░ to him Everyone hang ░░░░░░░░
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