Bannon: Musk 'wants to impose his freak experiments' on US

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

02/18/25 10:29 AM ET


Former White House chief adviser turned conservative commentator Steve Bannon blasted billionaire Elon Musk over his efforts to reduce the size of the federal government and gain more power in the U.S.

“Musk is a parasitic illegal immigrant,” he said during an interview with the website UnHerd. “He wants to impose his freak experiment and play-act as God without any respect for the country’s history, tradition or values.”

Bannon, a staunch populist who has used his widely followed “War Room” podcast to rail against the “elites” in society, has sharpened his attacks on Musk as the tech billionaire has grown closer to President Trump.

He has told Trump’s supporters Musk is not to be trusted and has argued there is a “fundamental chasm” between the billionaires who have aligned themselves with the president and his “Make America Great Again” movement. “We will break these guys,” Bannon said during a recent episode of his podcast centered on Musk, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other leading tech moguls.

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5150832-steve-bannon-elon-musk-doge/

[Moostache]

1. Umm, sorry...no sale Bannon.

Fuck you, you enormous piece of runny shit. 300 lbs of it, stuffed in a 150 pound bag.

[Roy Rolling]

59. Anybody and Anything

I don’t fear Bannon nor the right wing. I use them.

Even a 300 pound bag of shit can be deadly if dropped on a MAGAt’s head.

Play the game but cover your own ass. Refusing to engage is not an option anymore.

[Bengus81]

72. Aw shucks Bannon,you went to Prison for Trump and he totally ignores you. Bannon meet Bus.........

[Wingus Dingus]

2. I think they're fucking with us.

I don't believe any of them are sincere.

[Irish_Dem]

5. What will they gain by pretending to fight with each other?

[dalton99a]

10. Bannon is a pauper compared to Musk, but he does have an audience

especially on immigration issues

[Irish_Dem]

11. But does his MAGA audience want to hear him cross Trump and Musk.

[KS Toronado]

13. MAGAts who tune in to listen to him probably like him

so yes some will take his words to heart. Hopefully this is the start of the Republican Civil War
their party desperately needs for our Democracy to survive.

[Irish_Dem]

21. If I were in charge of the Dems, this would be my FIRST goal.

Use the old divide and conquer strategy, the one Putin and the GOP have done to the Dems.
I always warn Dems not to fall for the attempts to divide us, but goes in deaf ears,

But the GOP is ripe for a civil war.
MAGAs, Billionaires, and Old traditional GOP.

[KS Toronado]

25. If I were in charge of the Dems, this would be my 1st LONG TERM goal.

Starting with let's say the 5 grade clear through college, mandatory "Critical Thinking Skills"
classes or programs. No more would FQX & RWNJs be able to gaslight people why they
must hate us. It should kill their party because that's all they have now is lies and out of
context exaggerations.

[MadameButterfly]

56. this is really good but we don't have enoug time

bytthe time these kids enter the workforce Authoritarianism will have set in
WE have to do this but more

[KS Toronado]

58. Only way this will ever happen is when

we have both Houses & the White House, 2028 at the earliest. That is provided of course
that the repugs didn't find a way to install tsf or Muskrat as king.

[OAITW r.2.0]

33. MAGAs, Billionaires, and Old traditional GOP.. Something has got to give.

In order of eventual unhappiness-

MAGAS's - they will reap the pain as well as us.

Old Trad GOP - They are a dying breed. The current GOP is comprised of criminals, hypocrites, degenerates. None of their sloganeering really works anymore.
They will stay until the shit hits the fan....big time.

Billionaires - They are Team Trump.

[Irish_Dem]

34. Everyone, and I do mean everyone, has an achilles heel.

The PutinGOP found all the Dems' weak spot and drove Mack trucks through them very successfully.

Would not be too hard to find the GOP weak spots.
MAGAs are not too bright and guided by propaganda and hatred.
Billionaires only care about money and power.

Let everyone think and cook about strategies along these lines to begin with.

[OAITW r.2.0]

35. MAGAs are not too bright and guided by propaganda and hatred.

That true because they haven't spent a lot of time worried about their economic welfare. That will happen with the tariffs.

[Irish_Dem]

36. Exactly.

Many of the MAGAs I know have a nice income, state or federal.
Good benefits. They think no one else should have what they have.

They may have a bit of a learning curve soon.

[radius777]

75. +1. MAGA has always been an uneasy coalition

comprised of a lot of nasty individuals who have their own (often contradictary) agendas. RW populists like Bannon thought it would be their agenda that would be prioritized - but instead it's the tech bros like Musk, Zuck etc who now run the show. The Bannon wing has been played and they're just starting to realize it.

[Irish_Dem]

76. Yes they are a nasty bunch with no loyalty or moral core to bind them.

It would be easy to weaken their coalition.

[bdamomma]

78. Good idea

Let them all go for it.

But the GOP is ripe for a civil war.
MAGAs, Billionaires, and Old traditional GOP.

[Janbdwl72]

48. A Republican Civil War would certainly be welcome

It's unfortunate that we have to consider Bannon as the "lesser of two evils" compared to Musk.

At this still early point in the Felon 's presidency, seldom (if ever) have any Republicans spoken out against any of his or co-President Musk's attempts to unnecessarily dismantle the government. That is something we don't need and not why the Felon was elected by a group of voters who were ill informed about what they were doing and its ultimate result.

[Wingus Dingus]

16. He's attempting to gain more attention and thus listeners.

[Irish_Dem]

22. So ginning up drama to make some cash.

Sounds about right.

[King_Klonopin]

52. Yup, click-bait

Bannon is first and foremost a con-man grifter.

[blue_jay]

45. Complacency perhaps?

If people think or hold out hope that they will destroy themselves then a portion will be less likely to act...until it is too late? Just a thought. I'm all for them bringing each other down but they are all about the show, drama and the mind wars. Would not put anything past them at this point and intend to plan for all possibilities.

[Irish_Dem]

61. Yes fake enemies to throw us off.

[Shipwack]

54. What will they gain? Clicks. nt

[Irish_Dem]

60. Yes. Clicks are how they make money.

[Irish_Dem]

3. MAGAs and Billionaires are at war with each other.

Should be interesting.

[speak easy]

7. Musk has Twitter; Bannon has a podcast,

[Irish_Dem]

9. Not much of a fight then.

Musk is the richest man in the world.
Bannon isn't.

But still interesting to see the internal squabbling.

[whathehell]

29. That sounds encouraging, but didn't they join

together to write and enact Project 2025?...This has been my understanding.

[Dave Bowman]

4. Interesting. Some of the magats who are realizing that they got screwed will turn to him.

I wonder what will happen? 🤔

[eShirl]

6. maybe they can fight and take each other out

win-win for the country and world

[turbinetree]

8. Ever hear of the term Bannon............. "go pound sand"................you were one the first to start this shit show

remember when you said that your were going to take down the deep state, whatever the fuck that means.........

[whathehell]

30. Yes, I believe he's on record as saying

his goal was to 'dismantle' the Administrative State.

[Aghast]

12. Rasputin

Hell hath no fury like a Rasputin scorned.

[JCMach1]

14. He's not wrong, he's read the Techno Fascist

Libertarian masturbatory shite that composes their philosophy.

He's a POS, but he's not wrong.

[Six117]

19. Maga got hijacked

It was the perfect Trojan horse for the tech oligarch's network state plans.

[JCMach1]

20. The Alt-Right and Xtian Dominionist.wings.are.SOL

Trump is really just the front man now and it actually seems to be turning into Squid Games.

[slightlv]

26. I don't know what Squid Games are...

but I won't watch the Hunger Games because it reminds me too much of real life right now.

[JCMach1]

38. The Netflix show is largely a metaphor about

How concentrated wealth created by end game capitalism corrupts everything it touches.

While the metaphor is strongly pointed at Korea, it's message is applicable everywhere.

I cannot recommend though if extreme violence in film bothers you.

[Harker]

15. Having pled guilty to defrauding the rubes who sent in money to "build that wall", who lends him any credibility? n/t

[JoseBalow]

17. He's jealous that drumpf has a new bestie

Fuck that fetid sack of shit.

[Strelnikov_]

18. Rat fight!!

[C0RI0LANUS]

23. Remarkable. Steve Bannon and I are on the same page about the oligarchs desire to experiment on us.

Link:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220034073

[jayschool2013]

24. Duel

Revolvers at zero paces. Turn and shoot.

That oughta do it.

[Wonder Why]

37. Grenades would be better just in case one chickens out at the last second.

[slightlv]

27. Bannon is having an attack of jealousy

and everything is performative. 'Sides, Bannon ain't going nowhere with this with the way he looks, acts, and the thinness of his wallet compared to musk. This is the pot calling the kettle black, at best... totally "squirrel" at worst.

[C_U_L8R]

28. He's jealous.

Quite visibly. Suck it, Bannon.

[Gore1FL]

31. Fuck Bannon, but if he wants to fire artillery at Musk,

I am not going to protest.

[DJ Synikus Makisimus]

32. If this is real, how might antifascists exploit it?

At the heart of the MAGAt fascist enterprise is intense rivalry, competition and hostility among its principals. Nazi Germany was like that, too, but no one was willing to exploit it when they could.

The sooner the chasms can be exploited, the faster the GOP can be demolished, if there's a willingness to do so. I'm not seeing it among the vast majority of our elected officials. They seem stuck doing the same thing they've always done, and the last thing they seem to want is to end the two-party duopoly, which would happen if fascism were to be defeated. What would happen afterwards is too frightening for them to contemplate, apparently. So it's up to folks who decide to empower themselves instead of waiting to be led. It's still early days, but early days won't last long.

[Ponietz]

53. Divide them and conquer

[Botany]

39. 100% Kabuki Theater

Don’t buy it. Both sides are shits. I might be wrong but they are working together.

[LudwigPastorius]

40. Somebody's jealous that the orange turd has a new BFF.

[JHB]

41. As oppsed to Bannon's freak experiments?

I think Bannon is just pissed off that he's been cut out of the loop on all this.

[DonCoquixote]

42. I would no believe Steve Bannon is he said 2+24 BUT

The proverbial broken clock is right on time about Musk. Frankly if those two fight each other, I will pop champagne, then gladly play the vulture as they both lie bleeding into the ground.

[Bluetus]

43. It isn't really an "experiment"

Musk is trying to do to the entire US (GDP of $27,000,000,000,000) EXACTLY what he did to Twitter.

I mean, there is no variation is his MO. With Twitter, he just went in and fired everybody and then called back people he could bully into working 80 hours a week, and who would do exactly what Musk said without ever using their own brains, or expertise.

The only difference -- absolutely the only difference -- is that Twitter revenue was $5 billion instead of $27 TRILLION.

After 12 months of Elon Musk, Twitter had lost 40% of its annual revenue and 80% of its corporate value -- that's some serious efficiency. Tell me again why this guy is running things.

[DENVERPOPS]

44. Bannon and Repubs are becoming

more disenchanted with Trump, but will play Musk as long as he is accomplishing their ultimate goals............

[KY_EnviroGuy]

46. Rings hollow coming from one of the kings of cruel.

I predict Musk will slowly become their main fall guy once they've done their damage. After all, Rethugs must eventually protect their MAGAt Jesus.

Musk will gladly take his new tax cuts and government contracts and move on.

[Initech]

47. Both of these fucking assholes need to be thrown in prison.

For the rest of their miserable lives.

[SergeStorms]

49. Trump and Eloon hardly kmow this "Steve Bannon" person.

They may have met him once or twice way back in 2015. I think he got them cofefe or something.

Up yours, Bannon! You helped create the monster Trump and now you're pissed off because you can't control him anymore? 🙄

Screw you and the whores you rode in on. 😡

[Jack Valentino]

50. LOVE IT when the maggots turn on each other...

[RockRaven]

51. Says the impotent guy on the outside looking in at the club he used to belong to...

A modicum of inside knowledge, a load of sour grapes, and a ton of wishful thinking for future prospects. Which means nothing, ultimately, which you can't get from any other grifter professional babbler.

[JI7]

55. Then go do something about it.

[nilram]

57. The enemy of my enemy is my friend??

I think I'm going to vomit.

[Deminpenn]

62. Well.... Go Steve!

Divide and conquer.

There is a real potential chasm between the robber baron Rs (Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg, etc) and the MAGA Rs who are mostly not rich white people who have a lot of grievances, a big chunk of which is focused on "illegal immigrants". Dems should use this to our advantage by point out Musk is in the US illegally. It's on the technical side, but true. No need for details, just keep calling Musk that. Musk can explain, but when you're explaining you're losing.

[anniebelle]

63. That is rich

Coming from one who wants to experiment with our democracy to see how much it can withstand, I'll have to say STFU!

[lonely bird]

64. Huh?

Has that disgusting slob looked in the mirror?

He and Eloon are interchangeable parts.

[NoMoreRepugs]

65. Bannon is a flaming ASSHOLE - please don't expose us normal people to anything he might say or do. He's inconsequential.

[Martin68]

66. Bannon got that right.

[Blue_playwright]

67. I really hate it when Trump ...

... makes me miss W. and agree with walking sewer sludge Steve Bannon.

[4catsmom]

68. has hell frozen over?

I agree with something Bannon said

[samsingh]

69. this is what the khmer rouge did

and the sociopathic and Psychopathic tendencies in maga suggest this would be the path unless the crumbling institutions hold up.

[malthaussen]

70. I know, so sad they won't be imposing your freak experiments instead, Steve. n/t

[Linda ladeewolf]

71. They all want to perform experiments on us.

The republicans want to see how long we survive without eating or medical care. The tech boys want to turn us into bots they can control. No beauty on either side. They just want an ugly dystopian world with them in charge. Just from two different points of view.

[MadameButterfly]

73. How does Bannon break these guys

if Elon has the money and the data? Does Bannon have faith in more free and fair elections??? Does he want his democracy back?

[hueymahl]

74. He's acting like a jilted lover

Hilarious

[bdamomma]

77. Oh

let's have a fight, between these 2, Bannon and Muskrat. Go for it!!!!!!