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.
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Several other tech executives, including some former Democratic donors, also backed Trump this cycle, shaking up Silicon Valley’s image as liberal bastion. However, Musk, Ramaswamy and their fellow Silicon Valley conservatives have found themselves at odds with Trump’s traditional MAGA base over the past week amid a debate over H-1B visas. After Trump appointed venture capitalist Sriram Krishnan to serve as senior policy adviser on artificial intelligence, far-right activist Laura Loomer resurfaced his comments from last month urging Musk to look into removing per-country caps on green cards to “unlock” highly skilled immigration. Loomer deemed Krishnan’s appointment “deeply disturbing.” Krishnan’s fellow conservatives from Silicon Valley jumped to his defense and argued that highly skilled foreign workers are necessary to fill gaps in the workforce, particularly in the tech industry. The debate has become increasingly contentious in recent days, with Musk calling his fellow Trump supporters “contemptible fools” who “must be removed from the Republican Party, root and stem.” Meanwhile, Loomer has accused Musk of taking away her verification and censoring her posts on X, the social platform he owns, over the dispute. She appeared on Bannon’s “War Room” on Monday, where she slammed Musk as a “Stage 5 clinger.”
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Bannon is a retarded boomer felon and Loomer is mentally ill. No one gives a fuck about either of them
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>>1371814 Everyone fucking hates white people are this point. Whitebois are the ones who should sit back and watch Elon the master work his magic.
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Bannon's stated goal has always been civil strife and the collapse of the US economy, with a new state rising from the ashes. He and his wealthy buddies will stand to profit from this and hide the cash offshore. He has not kept this a secret at all. In fact, he has written books about his plans. That is why he backed Trump for POTUS in the first place.
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>>1371819 >>1371814 I voted for tRump because I want everything to burn down completely and watch THE PHOENIX OF SOCIALISM arise from the ashes. As far as Musk, the internet and international banker is concerned, considering what he has done to Twitter aka X, N'YUCK N'YUCK, he is most welcome to the bonfire.
Bannon is the enemy of my enemy, hence my stinky friend.
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>>1371814 >“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.” Republikikes literally calling their political views a cult. Well, at least they're honest about it, unlike trannies who pretend their views are science.
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Well, Bannon is exactly right. Elon was a fool to think he could join the MAGA movement at the last minute and then steer it into a new direction. H1B visas are nothing but a scam, and everybody knows it.
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>>1371858 Stephen Miller's hands typed this post.
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>>1371859 Pajeet, I don't know why you would have a positive opinion on H1B visas anyway. They're a scam on your people as much as mine.
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>>1371860 Ask JD Vance's wife
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>>1371859 The whole thinktank has lost their shit ever since Elon started having an opinion.
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>>1371858 Too late. Enjoy the next four years with the full knowledge you got conned by Don and company.
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>>1371864 Not even the first time they got conned
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>>1371814 Chinese yacht status?
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It's worth it. I can live without my pension, Medicare and SSA-retirement, and with higher prices on everything and youth unemployment ... just to stick it to the libs.
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>>1371814 At least he admits it’s a cult.
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>>1371884 These idiots get taken for a ride and come back for seconds. Anything to own the libs I guess, even if it means getting owned yourself
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>>1371839 It's just a way of saying lurkmore. Bannon is one of us. He's responsible for a good amount of 4chan culture nowadays.
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>>1371996 Shitty bait post
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>>1371996 Bannon hates you rabble and is only using right wing populism and culture war BS as a means to wrest power so he can get what he really wants. You think you would have figured that out by now.
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>>1371814 >“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.” Glad MAGA admits now it's a religious cult.