Steve Bannon Calls Elon Musk A 'Parasitic Illegal Immigrant'
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The former top adviser during President Donald Trump's first term said the billionaire wants to "play-act as God" as he infiltrates the federal government.
Steve Bannon, the former top adviser during President Donald Trump’s first term, said billionaire Elon Musk is a “parasitic illegal immigrant” during an interview with news publication UnHerd that was published on Thursday.
Bannon, a former White House chief strategist and far-right political figure who has previously called Musk “racist” and a “truly evil guy,” was likely referring to a Washington Post report in October that said Musk ― who is originally from South Africa ― began working in the U.S. illegally. Musk has denied the claim.
“That wealthiest man in the world turned out to be an illegal worker here,” former President Joe Biden said at the time. “No, I’m serious. He was supposed to be in school when he came on a student visa. He wasn’t in school. He was violating the law. And he’s talking about all these illegals coming our way?”
Musk, an unelected private citizen, is now using his relationship with Trump to take a hatchet to government agencies as he heads up the new Department of Government Efficiency. Musk has vowed to strip the government of much of its workforce as layoffs continue.
Bannon, who recently pleaded guilty to fraud charges for scamming Trump supporters into giving money for a wall along the U.S. southern border that instead went into his own pocket, said Musk wants to “play-act as God.”
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