PLAY PODCASTS
Tech in 2025: Trump and the tech bros
Season 14 · Episode 2

Tech in 2025: Trump and the tech bros

What will the Trump presidency mean for the tech world?

FT Tech Tonic · Saragosa Manuela

January 21, 202538m 8s

Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (sphinx.acast.com) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.

Show Notes

Incoming president Donald Trump has shown he’s ready to act decisively on tech, giving a stay of execution to TikTok after the US Supreme Court upheld a ban on the social media platform. But how will he deal with the rest of the tech sector and how much influence will Elon Musk wield? The FT’s technology news editor Murad Ahmed is joined by Washington correspondent Joe Miller, and Hannah Murphy and Stephen Morris from the FT’s San Francisco bureau to discuss the potential impact of a Trump presidency on everything from social media to artificial intelligence.


Free to read:

Joe Biden says ‘oligarchy’ emerging in US in final White House address 

Sam Altman reckons with growing threat to OpenAI: Elon Musk

Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg seeks ‘active role’ in Donald Trump’s tech policies


This season of Tech Tonic is presented by Murad Ahmed, and produced by Persis Love. Edwin Lane is the senior producer and Manuela Saragosa is the executive producer. Sound design by Breen Turner, Samantha Giovinco and Joe Salcedo, with original music from Metaphor Music. The FT’s head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.


Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.