The town living next to Elon Musk's AI supercomputer | Trump's America: Working Class

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Donald Trump promised to bring prices down, and working-class Americans voted for him in droves. Close to two years into Trump 2.0, who's getting ahead, and who's being left behind? In episode three of Trump's America, 9News US Correspondent Reid Butler travels from supermarket aisles in Missouri to the Mississippi River and the wealthy coastal enclaves of Orange County. In Boxtown, Tennessee, families live next door to Colossus, Elon Musk's AI supercomputer. Residents say the gas turbines powering it are making their community sick. xAI rejects their concerns, saying it uses pollution control technology and the health fears are overblown. Across the country, the cost of living is a common thread: shoppers putting groceries back on the shelf, a harbourmaster blaming the Iran war for fuel prices, and Trump voters sticking with him despite the pinch. Meanwhile, behind Orange County's "orange curtain", the American dream is alive and well, for some. CHAPTERS 0:00 The cost of Trump's Amer

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