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Hillary Clinton Warns About Trump’s Next Move After the Midterms

Pivot · · Hosts: Kara Swisher, Scott Galloway · Guests: Hillary Clinton, Don Lemon

Hillary Clinton Warns About Trump’s Next Move After the Midterms – Pivot

Summary

Hillary Clinton used the live Pivot show to argue that Democrats should treat the midterms as a chance to build an enduring governing majority, not just win a one-off backlash election. She said she expects a Democratic House and Senate, and that the party’s pitch should center on affordability and anti-corruption, including health care costs, housing, fossil fuel prices, and investigations into alleged abuse of power and data misuse.

She also weighed in on contested races, saying Michigan’s Senate fight is a distraction and backing Abdul El-Sayed over Mike Rogers because Rogers is an election denier. In Texas, she called Gina Hinojosa and Colin Allred strong candidates and said Republicans have an entrenched turnout machine, but still thinks Democrats have a real shot. She also argued that if Democrats win, they need discipline: an agenda, investigations that repair damage, and loophole-closing legislation.

The rest of the show moved from politics to markets and tech. Scott Galloway said the Binance hack, Apple’s earnings, and the AI capex boom all show how much the economy is tied to tech and crypto, while warning that circular financing and infrastructure overbuild could unwind fast. He also criticized OpenAI’s “compute campuses” rebrand and used the closing audience Q&A to make a broader case that Democrats have outperformed Republicans on jobs, GDP growth, and deficits since 1980.

Key takeaways

  • Clinton said Democrats should win by tying affordability to corruption, not by promising abstract ideological change.
  • Clinton said the party would need an agenda, discipline, and investigations aimed at repairing damage if it takes Congress.
  • Clinton backed Abdul El-Sayed over Mike Rogers in Michigan, saying Rogers is an election denier and the race’s bigger issue is defeating Republicans.
  • Clinton said Texas remains hard because Republicans have built durable turnout infrastructure, but she sees Gina Hinojosa and Colin Allred as strong candidates.
  • Galloway argued the AI boom looks like a circular-financing cycle that could unwind quickly, even if current valuations do not look obviously expensive.

Notable quotes

“I think we're going to wake up to a Democratic House and a Democratic Senate”

— A speaker on Pivot at 2:47

“If the Democrats don't go in with an agenda and have the discipline to enact that agenda, um then they're going to lose the kind of support that they're going to gain in this election”

— A speaker on Pivot at 2:47

“it has been costing money. People have been benefiting at the expense of, you know, everyday Americans, consumers, um, people who get up every day and, you know, try to, you know, make a living”

— A speaker on Pivot at 2:47

“I would vote for another Democrat, but given the situation, I'm a supporter of Alied because at least we get to have these important discussions”

— A speaker on Pivot at 2:47

“And so I think that we've got a a a very good chance to win in Texas”

— A speaker on Pivot at 2:47

Topics

  • us midterms
  • democrats election strategy
  • binance crypto hack
  • apple earnings
  • openai data center rebrand

Companies and tickers mentioned

  • AAPL
  • Binance
  • Apple
  • OpenAI

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