CEOs Grovel to Trump — And It’s Working | Pivot

It’s Kara’s birthday! She and Scott discuss Disney’s $1 billion investment in OpenAI, the U.S. allowing Nvidia to sell chips to China, and President Trump’s continued involvement in the Warner Bros. deal. Then, the U.S. wants to review foreign visitors’ social media, Trump calls "affordability" a hoax, and Australia bans kids under 16 from social media. Plus, who do Kara and Scott think should have been Person of the Year? #pivot #podcast #karaswisher #scottgalloway #disney #openai #instagram #nvidia #warnerbros #affordability #sanfrancisco 00:00 Intro 1:38 Disney/OpenAI Deal 6:18 Trump Lets Nvidia Sell Chips to China 12:50 Trump Calls For CNN Sale 29:05 U.S. Wants to Review Visitors’ Social Media 35:48 Trump Mocks Affordability 43:05 Australia Bans Teens’ Social Media 50:34 Time Person of the Year Producers: Lara Naaman Zoë Marcus Taylor Griffin Video Producer: Rich Shibley Vox Media's Executive Producer of Podcasts: Nishat Kurwa Subscribe to Pivot on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pivot/id1073226719 Subscribe to Pivot on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4MU3RFGELZxPT9XHVwTNPR Follow us on Instagram and Threads at: https://www.instagram.com/pivotpodcastofficial/ Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@PIVOTPODCAST Send us your questions by calling us at 855-51-PIVOT, or email pivot@voxmedia.com

Scott GallowayhostKara Swisherhost

Dec 12, 202559mWatch on YouTube ↗

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Released: December 12, 2025
Duration: 59m
Channel: Pivot
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

It’s Kara’s birthday! She and Scott discuss Disney’s $1 billion investment in OpenAI, the U.S. allowing Nvidia to sell chips to China, and President Trump’s continued involvement in the Warner Bros. deal. Then, the U.S. wants to review foreign visitors’ social media, Trump calls "affordability" a hoax, and Australia bans kids under 16 from social media. Plus, who do Kara and Scott think should have been Person of the Year? #pivot #podcast #karaswisher #scottgalloway #disney #openai #instagram #nvidia #warnerbros #affordability #sanfrancisco 00:00 Intro 1:38 Disney/OpenAI Deal 6:18 Trump Lets Nvidia Sell Chips to China 12:50 Trump Calls For CNN Sale 29:05 U.S. Wants to Review Visitors’ Social Media 35:48 Trump Mocks Affordability 43:05 Australia Bans Teens’ Social Media 50:34 Time Person of the Year Producers: Lara Naaman Zoë Marcus Taylor Griffin Video Producer: Rich Shibley Vox Media's Executive Producer of Podcasts: Nishat Kurwa Subscribe to Pivot on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pivot/id1073226719 Subscribe to Pivot on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4MU3RFGELZxPT9XHVwTNPR Follow us on Instagram and Threads at: https://www.instagram.com/pivotpodcastofficial/ Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@PIVOTPODCAST Send us your questions by calling us at 855-51-PIVOT, or email pivot@voxmedia.com

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Scott Galloway
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Kara Swisher
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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Pivot, featuring Scott Galloway and Kara Swisher, CEOs Grovel to Trump — And It’s Working | Pivot explores cEOs, Chips, and Censorship: How Power Is Rewriting The Rules Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway dissect how tech CEOs are currying favor with Donald Trump to secure lucrative AI and chip deals, often at the expense of U.S. strategic interests and the public good. They critique Trump’s decision to let NVIDIA sell advanced chips to China, the politicized fight over CNN’s future ownership, and new efforts to screen foreign visitors’ social media. The conversation also covers Australia’s landmark social media ban for kids, the affordability crisis in the U.S., and the outsized influence of Big Tech and Gulf capital on media and policy. Throughout, they argue for stronger regulation, antitrust enforcement, and structural reforms while highlighting how ego and money consistently trump thoughtful governance.

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