{"id":8557,"date":"2024-11-28T18:38:36","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T10:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=8557"},"modified":"2024-11-28T18:38:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T10:38:42","slug":"bannon-changes-tune-on-musk-says-hes-impressed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=8557","title":{"rendered":"Bannon changes tune on Musk, says he\u2019s \u2018impressed\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"657\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/5-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/5-5.jpg 657w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/5-5-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>President-elect Trump\u2019s former political strategist, Steve Bannon, appears to have changed his tune on tech billionaire Elon Musk, saying he\u2019s \u201cimpressed\u201d with the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) co-chair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bannon said Wednesday on his \u201cWar Room\u201d podcast that he credited Musk with Trump\u2019s election victory and recalled his recent interview with Puck News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI told them one thing has impressed me with Elon,\u201d Bannon said, highlighted by Mediaite. \u201cAnd look, we have huge ideological differences, including about the Chinese Communist Party, let\u2019s put a pin in that for a second.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI said, what\u2019s fascinating to me is that he put money up for the least glamorous part of the victory,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Without Musk donating millions to Trump\u2019s campaign and his get-out-the-vote efforts for \u201cthe low propensity voters,\u201d Trump wouldn\u2019t have had \u201cthe massive victory,\u201d Bannon said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo, he deserves to see the table,\u201d he said of Musk\u2019s appointment to DOGE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In April, Bannon criticized Musk\u2019s interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, calling anyone who watched it and bought Musk\u2019s rhetoric is \u201ca fool.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sign up for the Morning Report<br>The latest in politics and policy. Direct to your inbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email address<br>By signing up, I agree to the Terms of Use, have reviewed the Privacy Policy, and to receive personalized offers and communications via email, on-site notifications, and targeted advertising using my email address from The Hill, Nexstar Media Inc., and its affiliates<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLet me just be blunt,\u201d he said at the time. \u201cAny of the fanboys and my brother, Darren Beatty, who I love, anybody that\u2019s out there, fanboying for Elon Musk \u2014 you\u2019re a fool, you\u2019re a fool, you\u2019re a fool.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Musk, the owner of the social platform X, will co-lead DOGE, along with entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who once ran in the GOP primary against Trump. Both have become staunch Trump allies, and the president-elect said they will \u201cprovide advice and guidance from outside of government.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Concerns have been raised about Musk\u2019s influence in both the tech and government worlds, including the potential international impacts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President-elect Trump\u2019s former political strategist, Steve Bannon, appears to have changed his tune on tech billionaire Elon Musk, saying he\u2019s \u201cimpressed\u201d with the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) co-chair. 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