The previous Trump advisor stated he would have Musk “lacked here by Inauguration Day”
Released January 12, 2025 12:37 PM (EST)
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon speaks throughout the yearly Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) conference on February 24, 2024, in National Harbor, Maryland. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP by means of Getty Images)
Previous Trump advisor Steve Bannon does not like the guy who presently has the president-elect's ear.
Bannon went nuclear on Elon Musk in an interview with Italian paper Corriere della Sera previously today, informing the outlet he wishes to have actually Musk “lacked here by Inauguration Day.”
“He is a really wicked guy, an extremely bad guy. I made it my individual thing to take this guy down,” Bannon stated, according to English excerpts released by Breitbart. “Before, due to the fact that he put cash in, I was prepared to endure it; I'm not prepared to endure it any longer.”
Bannon and Musk's fight started over the Tesla head's assistance of H-1B visas, and Bannon still mentions that as his most significant issue with the ambiguous Trump appointee.
“This thing of the H-1B visas, it has to do with the whole migration system is gamed by the tech overlords, they utilize it to their benefit, individuals rage,” Bannon shared, before stating that Musk must “return to South Africa.”
“Why do we have South Africans, the most racist individuals in the world, white South Africans, we have them making any remarks at all on what goes on in the United States?” he asked.
Bannon stated that Musk has “the maturity of a little young boy” and concerned about the billionaire's meddling in other nations' elections, stating Musk is carrying out “techno-feudalism on a worldwide scale.”
“I do not support that and we'll battle it,” Bannon stated.
