Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon seized a possibility to air his grievances with Elon Musk amid the SpaceX founder’s blowup with President Donald Trump.
In a Friday interview with NPR, Bannon was requested about prior feedback that Trump ought to cancel all authorities contracts with Musk. The tech mogul’s firms, which embody Tesla, SpaceX and synthetic intelligence startup xAI, have been given billions in federal {dollars} through the years, in response to The New York Instances.
“I think we have as a country a national security issue here,” Bannon stated Friday, including that Musk has a reportedly “massive drug problem” and a “deep financial and business relationship” with China.
The MAGA podcaster continued, “And we know he’s asked for private briefings of top secret information.”
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The Wall Avenue Journal reported in March that Musk had requested a Pentagon briefing on plans for a possible struggle with China. Trump informed reporters on the time that Musk wouldn’t see the plans, citing his enterprise ties to China as a battle of curiosity.
The previously Musk-led Division of Authorities Effectivity, a crew tasked with rooting out supposed fraud and waste inside the federal authorities, has drawn scrutiny over its entry to categorized supplies and the private data of U.S. residents.
Bannon then doubled down on his name to research Musk’s immigration standing.
“You have someone whose legal status is in question,” he informed NPR, including that you just “can’t deport people from all over the world” and “leave a white South African, who may be here illegally, here.”
Bannon, who pleaded responsible this yr to scamming individuals who donated cash in direction of constructing a wall on the U.S. Southern border, added, “It’s just not right.”
The South African-born Musk is a naturalized U.S. citizen. Final yr, The Washington Put up reported that Musk was working illegally within the U.S. at the start of his profession within the Nineties, although Musk denied the allegation.
Bannon has by no means been Musk’s greatest fan, beforehand calling him a “parasitic illegal immigrant” and a “truly evil guy.”
Talking to NPR on Friday, Bannon theorized concerning the root of Musk’s falling out with Trump and added yet another insult to the roster: an “11-year-old child.”
“He hasn’t turned up any fraud,” Bannon stated, criticizing Musk’s efforts at DOGE. “So there’s been a lot of tension. And Elon Musk, like the 11-year-old child he is, didn’t take it very well.”
