The World's Largest Stock Market Debut: Wall St. gears up for Elon Musk's SpaceX to go public

About this episode

The episode discusses Trump's political maneuvers, the upcoming SpaceX IPO, and the use of the Department of Justice for political retribution.

Trump walks back his threat of a third day of airstrikes on Iran, and again claims he's on the verge of a peace deal. Plus, Wall St. gears up for Elon Musk's Space X to go public, in what's expected to be the world's largest stock market debut. Then - weaponizing the Department of Justice: new reporting on Trump's efforts to use the agency to carry out retribution on his opponents. Peter Baker, David Drucker, Joyce Vance, Teddy Schleifer, Brendan Greeley, Devlin Barrett, and Andrew Yang join The 11th Hour tonight.

People in this episode

Host: Stephanie Ruhle

Guests: Peter Baker, David Drucker, Joyce Vance, Teddy Schleifer, Brendan Greeley, Devlin Barrett, Andrew Yang

Topics covered

• stock market
• politics
• Trump
• SpaceX
• Department of Justice
• Iran
• peace deal

Keywords

• Elon Musk
• SpaceX
• Trump
• stock market debut
• Department of Justice
• Iran airstrikes
• peace deal

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SpaceX, Department of Justice

Places: Iran

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