Steve Bannon has warned that he will do everything in his power to keep Elon Musk out of the White House, as the fallout from the H-1B debate over Christmas continues to spread.
“I will have Elon Musk run out of here by Inauguration Day,” Bannon said, in an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.
“He will not have a blue pass to the White House, he will not have full access to the White House, he will be like any other person.”
“He is a truly evil guy, a very bad guy. I made it my personal thing to take this guy down,” Bannon continued. “Before, because he put money in, I was prepared to tolerate it; I’m not prepared to tolerate it anymore.”
The newspaper notes that the “center of the clash” between Bannon and Musk is the issue of H-1B visas, but also Musk’s role in the incoming Trump administration.
“The problem is that the techno-feudal lords use them [H-1B visas] to their advantage and people are furious,” Bannon says.
“76% of engineers in Silicon Valley are not Americans. It’s a central part of taking back our economy. They are the best jobs, and blacks and Hispanics do not have access to them.”
Bannon said that he had been a supporter of Musk when he made a donation of $250 million to support Trump’s election campaign, but the H-1B debate had made him realise Musk cannot be allowed to pursue his vision of “techno-feudalism.”
“He suffered a big defeat in America on H1B visas, he mocked our movement as racist and retarded, and he lost.”
Bannon also had choice words for Musk’s fellow South Africans Peter Thiel and David Sachs.
“Peter Thiel, David Sachs, Elon Musk are all white South Africans… He should return to South Africa. Why do we have white South Africans, the most racist people in the world, commenting on everything that happens in the United States? Of course, I love Bernie who is only now joining the H1B visa party. We’ve been fighting this for 10 years and Bernie hasn’t said a word because of all the money the Democratic Party takes from the techno-feudal lords. We will lay bare the corruption of the American system, how money controls everything, and we hope to inspire Italy to wake up.”