Trump’s Not Thinking About Your Finances… At All | Pivot

Kara and Scott unpack what AI obsession is doing to relationships and young men. Then, they break down Trump’s China summit, the crew of business executives he brought along, and ominous warnings from Xi Jinping about Taiwan. Plus, Sam Altman testifies in the Elon Musk–OpenAI trial, inflation surges, and Andreessen Horowitz becomes the biggest donor of the midterms. Also, Anthropic eyes a valuation higher than OpenAI’s, and Google explores orbital data centers with SpaceX. #pivot #podcast #karaswisher #scottgalloway #midterms #china #trump #elonmusk #openai #anthropic #spacex 00:00 Intro 0:23 Trump-Xi Summit 13:09 Sam Altman Testifies 16:18 Inflation Surges 32:50 Midterm Donors 38:19 AI News Roundup 43:54 Predictions Producers: Lara Naaman Zoë Marcus Taylor Griffin Todd Wiseman 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 Have a suggestion for Kara’s Scott-free August guest co-hosts? Leave us a message at 855-51-PIVOT, email pivot@voxmedia.com, or tag us on Bluesky or Threads.

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EPISODE INFO

Released: May 15, 2026
Duration: 48m
Channel: Pivot
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Kara and Scott unpack what AI obsession is doing to relationships and young men. Then, they break down Trump’s China summit, the crew of business executives he brought along, and ominous warnings from Xi Jinping about Taiwan. Plus, Sam Altman testifies in the Elon Musk–OpenAI trial, inflation surges, and Andreessen Horowitz becomes the biggest donor of the midterms. Also, Anthropic eyes a valuation higher than OpenAI’s, and Google explores orbital data centers with SpaceX. #pivot #podcast #karaswisher #scottgalloway #midterms #china #trump #elonmusk #openai #anthropic #spacex 00:00 Intro 0:23 Trump-Xi Summit 13:09 Sam Altman Testifies 16:18 Inflation Surges 32:50 Midterm Donors 38:19 AI News Roundup 43:54 Predictions Producers: Lara Naaman Zoë Marcus Taylor Griffin Todd Wiseman 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 Have a suggestion for Kara’s Scott-free August guest co-hosts? Leave us a message at 855-51-PIVOT, email pivot@voxmedia.com, or tag us on Bluesky or Threads.

SPEAKERS

Scott Galloway
host
Co-host of Pivot; NYU Stern marketing professor and business commentator.
Kara Swisher
host
Co-host of Pivot; tech journalist and podcast host.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Pivot, featuring Scott Galloway and Kara Swisher, Trump’s Not Thinking About Your Finances… At All | Pivot explores trump-Xi summit optics, AI power fights, and inflation squeeze discussed They portray the Trump–Xi summit as heavy on CEO optics and light on diplomacy, warning that Taiwan and rare earths/chips leverage are the truly consequential stakes.

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