The United Auto Workers union has taken swift legal action against Donald Trump and Elon Musk following some comments they made during the infamous X livestream.
The organisation is filing federal labour charges after Musk and Trump allegedly threatened and intimidated workers who chose to strike.
US correspondent Dan Mitchinson says this won't help Trump's bid for the presidency.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Dan Mitchinson US correspondence with that's how Dan, Hey, Heather, Elon?
I mean, where's Elon getting this number from? That a
billion people tuned in? Is this for real?
Speaker 2 (00:10):
I don't know. I don't think so, honestly. I mean,
there's been so much that he said since this interview
first happened, and there's also been some fallout, you know,
And I don't even want to call it an interview
because it was a conversation. It sounded more like a
couple of guys just talking over a beer. And the
latest fallout's been from the United Auto Workers Union. They
filed the federal labor charges against both Elon Musk and
(00:32):
former President Trump because they said they were threatening to
intimidate workers who go on strike. And that was part
of the conversation that was going on during this thing,
because Trump was saying how much he admired Elon Musk
and his anti union stands, called of a cutter, and
Musk was laughing during some of the comments. So the
union didn't like what they heard, and they filed these
charges just a few hours ago, saying this was a
(00:54):
form of intimidation.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Has it helped Trump's campaign attle, which is what it
was supposed to do.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
No, I don't think so. I don't think so. I mean.
Musk said that the goal with his live stream was
to help people understand how Trump talks when it's a
conversation rather than an interview. He says, nobody's quiet themselves
in an interview. But I think Trump only knows one
way of being himself, and that is being Donald Trump.
And it doesn't matter if it's on social media, if
it's an interview, it's a conversation, or it's a debate.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
He is who he is. Yeah too, right, Hey, listen,
what are the top ten causes the death in the US.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Well, this is interesting. The ten leading causes include kidney
disease and diabetes. They were in the top ten. Accidents
and unintentional injuries came in at number three, Cancers number
let's see, cancer was number two. I was trying. I
was looking down the list. Here, heart disease is number one.
Is the top killer in the US. Nearly a quarter
(01:45):
of all deaths were tied to this, So about one
hundred and sixty two out of every one hundred thousand,
and that you know, that's compared to the number one
cause of death in your country, which is cancer and
then cardiovascular disease.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
But that's because we're not as fat as you.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
I was just going to say a lot of this
has to do with our diet over here, you know,
the whole bigger is better, which it's not. We move
around less. We're in front of our TV more and
we don't get out and enjoy the you know, the
great outdoors.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
Like you have over there. You're a Reich. You're not
going to die of heart disease, are you? Although, actually, Dan, weirdly,
that actually puts you at greater risk because you don't
think you are. So you don't get your hot checked,
so you need to get your hat checked. I'll do
that because you're still American, remember that? Yeah, still eating
this time?
Speaker 2 (02:25):
I still am.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Hey, listen, what happened to Avon?
Speaker 2 (02:28):
You know this has been hit well, basically they have
just been hit by lawsuit after lawsuit for these talcum
powder based products that were contaminated with cancer causing substances.
So they have filed for Chapter eleven bankruptcy. Now, operations
outside of the US are being excluded from this, so
that means things should be okay over on your side
(02:49):
of the world for the time being. But the question
is what does this mean for the two million people
who sell these cosmetics here? I mean, the CEO is
doing the spin job you hear when companies go through
this process saying, you know, it has this board of
customers and they're moving forward with modernizing their selling model
and stuff like this. But it's still I mean, this
is like the makeup giant in the world right now,
and two million people is an awful lot to be
(03:11):
looking for another job. Possibly, Yeah, very good point.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
Actually, Dan, hey, thank you very much. Mike really appreciate it.
Look after yourself. That's Dan Mitchison US corresponding. For more
from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to news talks
it'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio.
Dan Mitchinson US correspondence with that's how Dan, Hey, Heather, Elon?
I mean, where's Elon getting this number from? That a
billion people tuned in? Is this for real?
Speaker 2 (00:10):
I don't know. I don't think so, honestly. I mean,
there's been so much that he said since this interview
first happened, and there's also been some fallout, you know,
And I don't even want to call it an interview
because it was a conversation. It sounded more like a
couple of guys just talking over a beer. And the
latest fallout's been from the United Auto Workers Union. They
filed the federal labor charges against both Elon Musk and
(00:32):
former President Trump because they said they were threatening to
intimidate workers who go on strike. And that was part
of the conversation that was going on during this thing,
because Trump was saying how much he admired Elon Musk
and his anti union stands, called of a cutter, and
Musk was laughing during some of the comments. So the
union didn't like what they heard, and they filed these
charges just a few hours ago, saying this was a
(00:54):
form of intimidation.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Has it helped Trump's campaign attle, which is what it
was supposed to do.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
No, I don't think so. I don't think so. I mean.
Musk said that the goal with his live stream was
to help people understand how Trump talks when it's a
conversation rather than an interview. He says, nobody's quiet themselves
in an interview. But I think Trump only knows one
way of being himself, and that is being Donald Trump.
And it doesn't matter if it's on social media, if
it's an interview, it's a conversation, or it's a debate.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
He is who he is. Yeah too, right, Hey, listen,
what are the top ten causes the death in the US.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Well, this is interesting. The ten leading causes include kidney
disease and diabetes. They were in the top ten. Accidents
and unintentional injuries came in at number three, Cancers number
let's see, cancer was number two. I was trying. I
was looking down the list. Here, heart disease is number one.
Is the top killer in the US. Nearly a quarter
(01:45):
of all deaths were tied to this, So about one
hundred and sixty two out of every one hundred thousand,
and that you know, that's compared to the number one
cause of death in your country, which is cancer and
then cardiovascular disease.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
But that's because we're not as fat as you.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
I was just going to say a lot of this
has to do with our diet over here, you know,
the whole bigger is better, which it's not. We move
around less. We're in front of our TV more and
we don't get out and enjoy the you know, the
great outdoors.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
Like you have over there. You're a Reich. You're not
going to die of heart disease, are you? Although, actually, Dan, weirdly,
that actually puts you at greater risk because you don't
think you are. So you don't get your hot checked,
so you need to get your hat checked. I'll do
that because you're still American, remember that? Yeah, still eating
this time?
Speaker 2 (02:25):
I still am.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Hey, listen, what happened to Avon?
Speaker 2 (02:28):
You know this has been hit well, basically they have
just been hit by lawsuit after lawsuit for these talcum
powder based products that were contaminated with cancer causing substances.
So they have filed for Chapter eleven bankruptcy. Now, operations
outside of the US are being excluded from this, so
that means things should be okay over on your side
(02:49):
of the world for the time being. But the question
is what does this mean for the two million people
who sell these cosmetics here? I mean, the CEO is
doing the spin job you hear when companies go through
this process saying, you know, it has this board of
customers and they're moving forward with modernizing their selling model
and stuff like this. But it's still I mean, this
is like the makeup giant in the world right now,
and two million people is an awful lot to be
(03:11):
looking for another job. Possibly, Yeah, very good point.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
Actually, Dan, hey, thank you very much. Mike really appreciate it.
Look after yourself. That's Dan Mitchison US corresponding. For more
from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to news talks
it'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio.
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