{"id":12952,"date":"2025-01-18T07:50:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T12:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=12952"},"modified":"2025-01-18T09:11:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T14:11:48","slug":"flashback-trump-ally-steve-bannon-blasts-elon-musk-as-truly-evil-in-maga-split","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=12952","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b>FLASHBACK: Trump ally Steve Bannon blasts Elon Musk as \u2018truly evil\u2019 in MAGA split<\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12932\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-18-at-8.22.37-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"526\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-18-at-8.22.37-AM.png 526w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-18-at-8.22.37-AM-300x269.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg--all-content\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12954\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-18-at-9.08.42-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-18-at-9.08.42-AM.png 590w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-18-at-9.08.42-AM-300x237.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>United States President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s former adviser Steve Bannon has promised to have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2024\/11\/7\/the-elon-musk-effect-how-donald-trump-gained-from-billionaires-support\">Elon Musk<\/a>\u00a0\u201crun out\u201d of the White House, in the latest escalation of tensions within the MAGA (Make America Great Again) populist movement.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with an Italian newspaper, Bannon said he had made it his personal mission to ensure Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, does not have access to Trump\u2019s incoming administration and is treated \u201clike any other person\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is a truly evil guy, a very bad guy. I made it my personal thing to take this guy down. Before, because he put money in, I was prepared to tolerate it \u2013 I\u2019m not prepared to tolerate it any more,\u201d Bannon told the Corriere della Sera newspaper, excerpts of which were republished over the weekend by Bannon\u2019s former media outlet Breitbart News.<\/p>\n<p>Bannon also said that Musk, a South African-born naturalised US citizen, should \u201cgo back\u201d to his place of birth after the billionaire publicly defended the use of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/12\/29\/why-are-us-republicans-debating-the-future-of-h-1b-high-skill-work-visas\">H-1B visa programme<\/a>\u00a0to recruit highly-skilled foreign tech workers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container--ads in-article-ads\">\n<div class=\"ads\">\n<p><span class=\"ads__title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ads__slot\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-263207437803\" class=\"freestar-ads up-show\" data-google-query-id=\"CKy-jvC1_4oDFVO40QQdTPcFfg\">\n<div class=\"ahover\">\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/static.btloader.com\/safeFrame.html?upapi=true\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"upo-label\">AD<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/15184186,5287\/aljazeera_incontent_1_0__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/15184186,5287\/aljazeera_incontent_1_0\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/641a247089f2fe54467d744588a6a9d7.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-40\/html\/container.html?upapi=true\" name=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"3\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhy do we have South Africans, the most racist people on earth, white South Africans, we have them making any comments at all on what goes on in the United States?\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-newsletter-slot\">\n<div class=\"sib-newsletter-form general-style\" aria-label=\"Newsletter signup Widget\">\n<p>Bannon\u2019s broadside comes amid a public rift among Trump\u2019s followers over the role of foreign employees in Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The divisions burst into view last month after Trump\u2019s decision to name Indian American venture capitalist Sriram Krishnan as an adviser on artificial intelligence unleashed a wave of invective from far-right and nationalist MAGA followers, who interpreted the appointment as an endorsement of H-1B visas.<\/p>\n<p>Musk, who held an H-1B visa before obtaining US citizenship, hit out at the criticism of foreign workers in Silicon Valley, promising to \u201cgo to war on this issue\u201d to a degree \u201cyou cannot possibly comprehend\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Despite taking steps to restrict H-1B visa issuances during his first term, Trump sided with Musk\u2019s comments, calling the visas a \u201cgreat programme.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his newspaper interview, Bannon, who served as White House chief strategist during Trump\u2019s first term, accused Musk of having the \u201cmaturity of a little boy\u201d and attempting to establish \u201ctechno-feudalism on a global scale\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen peak Elon, his intrusive nature, his lack of understanding of the true issues, and, quite frankly, his support of just himself, the sole objective is to become a trillionaire. That\u2019s his objective,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe will do anything related to make sure that any one of his companies is protected or has a better deal or he makes more money. His aggregation of wealth, and then \u2013 through wealth \u2013 power: that\u2019s what he\u2019s focused on. The American working people in this country are not going to tolerate it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"container--ads in-article-ads\">\n<div class=\"ads\">\n<p><span class=\"ads__title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ads__slot\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-860955688854\" class=\"freestar-ads up-show\" data-google-query-id=\"CK2-jvC1_4oDFVO40QQdTPcFfg\">\n<div class=\"ahover\">\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/static.btloader.com\/safeFrame.html?upapi=true\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"upo-label\">AD<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/15184186,5287\/aljazeera_incontent_2_0__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/15184186,5287\/aljazeera_incontent_2_0\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/641a247089f2fe54467d744588a6a9d7.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-40\/html\/container.html?upapi=true\" name=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"4\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Musk, who is a prolific commentator on news events on his social media platform X, has not publicly responded to Bannon\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Ranked as the world\u2019s richest person with a net worth of more than $400bn, Musk has become one of Trump\u2019s most powerful and influential allies since he publicly endorsed the Republican following his attempted assassination in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has included the tech billionaire in meetings with lawmakers and foreign leaders, and tapped him to co-lead the so-called Department of Government Efficiency alongside bio-tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-source\">Source:\u00a0Al Jazeera<\/div>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/economy\/2025\/1\/13\/trump-ally-steve-bannon-blasts-elon-musk-as-truly-evil-in-maga-split\">https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/economy\/2025\/1\/13\/trump-ally-steve-bannon-blasts-elon-musk-as-truly-evil-in-maga-split<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12952\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}