Did Gavin Newsom Just Become the Best Democratic Nominee for President? | Pivot

Kara and Scott discuss the tensions flaring between Trump and Newsom over the National Guard’s LA deployment. Then, Elon Musk regrets “some” of his recent posts about President Trump, and X lures advertisers by getting litigious. All of that plus: the U.S.-China trade deal is back, OpenAI makes a deal with Google, and more. #karaswisher #pivot #podcast #karaswisher #scottgalloway #nationalguard #military #protests #la #losangeles #immigration #gavinnewsom #democrats #elonmusk #trump #x #advertising #china #trade #openai #google #abc #terrymoran #disney #universal #midjourney Timecodes: 00:00 Intro 5:20 Minnesota Lawmaker Shootings 16:28 Trump’s Military Parade and No Kings Protests 28:24 Iran-Israel Conflict Escalates 39:57 Defense Department Reviews SpaceX Contracts 56:18 Wins and Fails Producers: Lara Naaman Zoë Marcus Taylor Griffin Kevin Oliver Audio Engineer: Ernie Indradat 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 at https://podcasts.voxmedia.com/show/pivot This episode is presented to you by IBM. https://ibm.com

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Jun 13, 20251h 2mWatch on YouTube ↗

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Released: June 13, 2025
Duration: 1h 2m
Channel: Pivot
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Kara and Scott discuss the tensions flaring between Trump and Newsom over the National Guard’s LA deployment. Then, Elon Musk regrets “some” of his recent posts about President Trump, and X lures advertisers by getting litigious. All of that plus: the U.S.-China trade deal is back, OpenAI makes a deal with Google, and more. #karaswisher #pivot #podcast #karaswisher #scottgalloway #nationalguard #military #protests #la #losangeles #immigration #gavinnewsom #democrats #elonmusk #trump #x #advertising #china #trade #openai #google #abc #terrymoran #disney #universal #midjourney Timecodes: 00:00 Intro 5:20 Minnesota Lawmaker Shootings 16:28 Trump’s Military Parade and No Kings Protests 28:24 Iran-Israel Conflict Escalates 39:57 Defense Department Reviews SpaceX Contracts 56:18 Wins and Fails Producers: Lara Naaman Zoë Marcus Taylor Griffin Kevin Oliver Audio Engineer: Ernie Indradat 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 at https://podcasts.voxmedia.com/show/pivot This episode is presented to you by IBM. https://ibm.com

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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Pivot, featuring Scott Galloway and Kara Swisher, Did Gavin Newsom Just Become the Best Democratic Nominee for President? | Pivot explores gavin Newsom Emerges as Democrats’ De Facto Leader Amid Chaos Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway discuss Trump’s domestic military deployments, looming immigration raids, and the ‘No Kings’ protests, arguing the moves resemble authoritarian “fascist foreplay” rather than real security policy.

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