War Room host Stephen K. Bannon believes that, despite his differences with the MAGA base, Elon Musk “deserves a place at the table” in President-elect Donald J. Trump’s administration—and that he can be turned into a true populist.
“Elon Musk came in and totally backed the… populist, MAGA play,” Bannon said of the tech mogul at a POLITICO event, noting how he “wrote $250 million worth of checks to back that play… not over a whole cycle, [but] in five months.” Bannon stressed that he had “said from the beginning” that Musk “deserves a place at the table” for his contributions.
“[T]his is a new coalition, much broader than 2016,” Bannon said of the current iteration of the America First movement, likening it to a “1932 FDR-type realignment in American politics.”
“[C]learly, you’re going to have members of that coalition that don’t agree on everything,” he said, readily assenting that he “fundamentally” disagrees with figures such as Musk, Peter Tiel, and Mark Zuckerberg in several areas, and “there’s going to be clashes.” However, he noted that “President Trump is particularly good about people arguing ideas, and the best idea and the best policy wins.”
Bannon believes that, so far, the MAGA base is “actually, I think we’re winning this round, and we’re winning this round pretty big.” He cited Musk having “backed off the H-1B visas,” saying they have “got to be reformed”—although Bannon’s camp wants the visa program “to be done away with.” […]
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