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Steve Bannon attacked Elon Musk in an interview with British outlet Unherd published Tuesday, criticizing Musk's powers and calling him a “parasitic illegal immigrant.”
Steve Bannon, former adviser to US President Donald Trump, arrives at a pre-trial meeting …(+)
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Important facts
Bannon told James Billot of Un Heard that “Musk wants to impose his whimsical experiences without respecting the history, values or traditions of the country.” Trump uses musk as “an armor pulling shell that supplies trauma with dull forces to the administrative state.”
Bannon has problems with his mask, and interprets him as “the problem for the country,” but he says, “Unherd.” On top of that. ”
When Bannon called Musk “parasitic illegal immigrants” in an interview with “Hard,” he mentioned a Washington Post report last October, in which Musk, born in South Africa, allegedly began working in the United States. Maybe it was. Illegal – Musk denied the claim and said in X “I was actually allowed to work in the US.”
It's the latest broadside for 2016 Trump campaign leader's mask. In an interview with Ross Dosat of the New York Times, which aired on January 31, Bannon described the mask as a “hardcore technorow delist.” Humans value being human, but they see everything as “digital” – and he doesn't believe in this country, saying, “When it comes to little guys, he's not like us.” I said.
Bannon “bringed his own personal Vendetta” when Musk opposed the new “Stargate” joint venture announced by Trump on Tuesday and funded by Open, Oracle, SoftBank and MGX. He criticized Musk in an interview with Politico. The company has “really don't have money” to achieve its $500 billion investment target, calling the project “fake” Openai CEO Sam Altman.
Susie Wills, a White House staffer, should “sit down” and “quickly sort it out,” Bannon said.
And last month, Bannon was a very controversial figure with long-standing declines in the impact on Trump, but Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera Musk said he “should return to South Africa,” and he said, “Why not? Are you in the South? Africans, the most racist people on the planet, the white South Africans. … Do you want to comment at all about what's going on in the US?”
Bannon also said in January that he was actively working on a strategy to “do anything” to keep masks out of the White House and limit his influence on Trump. Worldwide. ”
Important Quotes
“I never saw anyone else in another aspect of the government represented by the President himself. “There is something fundamentally wrong here about the structure and his understanding of the structure. This is what I have. It's not Silicon Valley. This isn't the High Tech Brothers.”
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Musk and Altman also have a long feud due to a split in Openai, which they co-founded as a nonprofit in 2015. In 2018, Musk left the partnership and accused Altman of aborting his non-profit mission. Altman, who previously donated to Democratic candidates, is a billionaire who has warmed up Trump since winning the November election, and he said he's “wrong.”
Important background
Bannon's criticism of Musk has led the billionaire to provide support for H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers, and his typical immigration support in Trump's far-right allies and technology industry It came after helping to cause feuds between the people. The dispute over the visa program broke out in December when Trump hired venture capitalist Sriram Krishnan as a senior policy adviser for artificial intelligence. Krishnan advocates for eliminating green cards and skilled immigration programs caps. Bannon, who calls the program “economic and financial fraud,” will have a “rift (mask) showdown” as he and his Magazine allies continue to support the visa program on the “war room” podcast . Bannon said at the time that he “has total respect” to Musk, but data stated that “proves that all engineers employed at H1B cannot meet these roles.” By publishing it, he challenged him to support his claim that his company was dependent on H1B visas. Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy and venture capitalist David Sachs defended Krishnan and the H-1B program, while Musk attacked Visa critics, saying, “Take a big step and f-to- yourself in the face I'll do it.” War on this issue. “Trump, who has not always supported the visa program, is Musk's ally and says the New York Post H-1B is a “great program.”
Contra
Bannon has expressed support for masks' involvement in European politics, and said his money and influence will help spread overseas movements, often by supporting right-wing causes. “I support his participation because my enemy is my friend,” Bannon said in a recent interview with Bloomberg, “Money and information are the twin tactical core of modern politics. And he can deploy both on an unprecedented scale.”
Why does Elon Musk affect Trump's trajectory?
Valued at nearly $400 billion, Musk has become one of Trump's closest confidants after spending more than $200 million to support Trump's 2024 campaign. Trump has appointed Musk as co-chair and has been appointed to a newly created division of government efficiency dedicated to significantly reducing federal spending, but the agency faces many legal challenges for many of its moves. I'm facing it. Musk has been increasingly heavily on global politics in recent months, often supporting right-wing leaders in the UK, Germany, Italy, Canada and Argentina. His candidness raised concerns among European leaders that Musk could use his X platform to unfairly intervene in foreign politics.
Things we don't know
How much influence does Bannon have in Trump World? Bannon was the leader of Trump's 2016 campaign and worked at the Trump White House early on, but left the administration less than a year later, and Trump later said Bannon had “lost his heart.” I did. He appears to be rebuilding ties with Trump in the 2020 cycle, and was forgiven by Trump for allegedly scamming donors to a border wall construction charity. Most recently, Bannon was jailed last year in Congress's light empty after refusing to comply with the subpoena at Probe's house on January 6th.
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