https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5061472-steve-bannon-elon-musk-visas/President-elect Trump’s former adviser Steve Bannon told tech billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk to “sit in the back and study” amid an ongoing feud between the president-elect’s Silicon Valley backers and his anti-immigrant base over visas for highly skilled workers.
“They’re recent converts,” Bannon said Tuesday on his “War Room” podcast, referring to Musk and the other new Trump supporters from the tech world.
“We love converts,” he added. “But the converts sit in the back and study for years and years and years to make sure you understand the faith and you understand the nuances of the faith and understand how you can internalize the faith.”
“Don’t come up and go to the pulpit in your first week here and start lecturing people about the way things are going to be,” Bannon continued. “If you’re going to do that, we’re going to rip your face off.”
Musk, who once largely avoided politics, has become a key figure in Trump’s inner circle since pouring at least $250 million into efforts to boost his campaign. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO is set to co-chair the brand new “Department of Government Efficiency” alongside fellow tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy.
