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Pivot

Trump’s China Summit, Inflation Shock, and Silicon Valley’s Midterm Money

May 15, 2026·1h 1m

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.

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