Within the newest episode of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s podcast, the Democrat identified that billionaire Elon Musk not often fights again in opposition to Steven Bannon’s assaults.
“He’s a little scared of you, isn’t he?” Newsom requested the previous White Home advisor throughout President Donald Trump’s first administration.
“I don’t think he is. … I’m just a man who yells into a microphone,” Bannon replied, referring to his “War Room” podcast.
However Bannon has been laying thick into Musk for some time now, and the Tesla CEO has been nearly mum, put aside a second in December 2024. At the moment, Musk discovered himself on the epicenter of a MAGA civil warfare as he defended H1-B visas. Posting on X, Musk informed one particular person to “FUCK YOURSELF” over their opposition to the visas, which a lot of MAGA has argued takes jobs from People.
In response, on his well-liked podcast, Bannon referred to Musk as a “sociopathic overlord,” including, “This is central to how they gutted the middle class in this country. … We want [the visas] gone.”
Nearly two months later, Bannon outright known as a “parasitic illegal immigrant.” (Musk was born in South Africa.)
It’s unclear when Bannon developed such a disdain for Musk. And as eyes are on Trump’s former advisor and the strain between two of his prime MAGA personalities, Trump has reportedly stepped in.
The New York Instances reported that Trump urged Bannon someday in February to take a seat down with Musk and work out their variations. Nevertheless, their supply claims that the assembly has but to occur and that it is unclear when or if it’ll.
On Newsom’s new and immediately controversial podcast, Bannon did concede some form phrases for Musk.
“I’ve got a lot of problems with Elon and you know that Elon knows it,” he stated. “But what I do admire is that he is trying to get this situation to get the waste, fraud, and abuse out. I hope it gets to a trillion dollars. I’m a big supporter of that. I don’t think we’re gonna get there.”
Bannon isn’t the one one skeptical of how a lot “waste” Musk is reducing. The “savings” claimed on the web site for Musk’s so-called Division of Authorities Effectivity is $105 billion, however that determine has been rife with errors.
