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ELON MUSK JOINS VERDICT - PART 1 Verdict Ep. 214

Published March 17, 2025 | Video Starts at 25:12

Currently, 100% of advanced AI chips are made in Taiwan. How fast could we put that online in America? And how important is that for national security? I think it's essential for national security. And we're not doing enough. You're 53 years old. I'm 118 days older than you. By what the hell have I done in my life? I know, right? 53 years old. You're pretty well, well. (25:12–25:17)

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Asserts that producing AI chips domestically is crucial for national security and current efforts are insufficient.

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“The government was paying for thousands of licenses of software or media subscriptions, and no one had ever logged in even once.”
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“We found that there are twice as many credit cards as there are humans [in government departments].”
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“In my opinion, it's like 80% waste, 20% fraud [in government expenditures].”
ELON MUSK JOINS VERDICT - PART 1 Verdict Ep. 214 | Uploaded March 17, 2025 | 03:36-03:41
“The $1.9 billion given to Stacey Abrams [was for] a fake NGO.”
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“The government can give money to a so-called non-profit with very few controls and there's no auditing subsequently of that nonprofit.”
ELON MUSK JOINS VERDICT - PART 1 Verdict Ep. 214 | Uploaded March 17, 2025 | 05:00-05:20
“We found now 14 Magic Money computers.”
ELON MUSK JOINS VERDICT - PART 1 Verdict Ep. 214 | Uploaded March 17, 2025 | 06:52-06:56
“The government is run by computers. So you've got essentially several hundred computers that effectively run the government.”
ELON MUSK JOINS VERDICT - PART 1 Verdict Ep. 214 | Uploaded March 17, 2025 | 07:57-08:06
“In order for money to go to a bank account, it's not like we're sending truckloads of cash all over the place. It's a. We're wiring money…”
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“If it was a poly company, it would be delisted immediately, it would fail its ordered, and the officers of the company would be imprisoned…”
ELON MUSK JOINS VERDICT - PART 1 Verdict Ep. 214 | Uploaded March 17, 2025 | 10:14-10:25
“It's 80% incompetence or. And 20% malice.”
ELON MUSK JOINS VERDICT - PART 1 Verdict Ep. 214 | Uploaded March 17, 2025 | 10:30-10:35
“I'm reasonably confident that we'll be able to get a trillion dollars of waste and fraud out, and that meaning that it will have. We'll have…”
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“The fraud we're seeing is overwhelmingly on the left. I mean, it's not zero on the right, but these NGOs are almost all left wing NGOs that…”
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“The single biggest thing that they're worried about is that Doge is going to turn off fraudulent payments of entitlements. I mean…”
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“By using entitlements fraud, the Democrats have been able to attract and retain vast numbers of illegal immigrants.”
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“Bring in, I don't know, 10, 20 million people who are beholden to the Democrats for government handouts and will vote overwhelmingly…”
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“If the Dems can bring in 200,000 illegals and over time get them legalized, not counting any cheating that takes place.”
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“Every other auto plant in the country was allowed to open, but ours, which was in California, was not allowed to open.”
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“Yes, at least some of it is organized and paid for, I think by domestic.”
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“Left wing organizations in America funded by left wing billionaires, essentially.”
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“Act Blue is one of them. You know, Arabella, you know, the classic. It's funded by the, you know, the, the blue. Basically the left wing NGO…”
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“In 10 years, probably AI could do anything better than a human can cognitively, probably almost.”
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“All cars will be self driving in 10 years.”
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“In 10 years, probably 90% of miles driven will be autonomous.”
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“In five years, probably 50% of all miles driven will be autonomous.”
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“Goods and services will become close to free.”
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“Currently, 100% of advanced AI chips are made in Taiwan.”
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“The Biden White House did not want to have someone who was pro Trump rescuing astronauts right before the election.”
ELON MUSK JOINS VERDICT - PART 1 Verdict Ep. 214 | Uploaded March 17, 2025 | 30:26-30:35
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