Summary

Steve Bannon intensified his attacks on Elon Musk, calling him a “parasitic illegal immigrant” and accusing him of undermining American traditions.

The feud highlights a growing divide among Trump loyalists as Musk, a key donor and adviser in Trump’s second term, leads DOGE.

Bannon criticized Musk’s handling of budget cuts and his reluctance to target Pentagon spending.

Musk dismissed Bannon’s remarks, while Trump defended Musk’s role.

  • leadore@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    I’m sure he’s made sure that he still holds power over trump, at least financially and maybe in other ways like having the goods on him for crimes. So besides what he outright paid for, a lot of what Musk has bailed trump out with would be recorded as loans, so as soon as trump tries to shut him out, Musk could show the receipts and call in the loans, which would bankrupt and humiliate trump. God only knows what all kinds of shit he has over him but trump’s behavior tells me it’s substantial.

    • AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works
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      I don’t think it’s just debt. Everyone already knows Trump doesn’t pay his debts and he’s spun it into a show of strength.

      Musk has Trump’s Twitter messages. His connections with Epstein might be able to bring him down, and he’s dumb enough to brag about horrific things in Twitter DMs, I wonder if he actually did?