On the subject of sharing his opinions on just about any matter, Steve Bannon has by no means been shy, and as we speak, in protection of his good buddy, Donald J. Trump, Bannon eviscerated the world’s wealthiest man, calling him ‘incompetent,” and suggesting Musk had no enterprise receiving the type of belief or reward Trump bestowed upon him.
In the present day, whereas talking with two of his co-hosts, former US Congressman Dave Brat and social media persona Jack Posbiec, Steve Bannon appeared to have had sufficient of the very public feud between Elon Musk and President Trump and mercilessly unloaded on Musk.
“Elon Musk is working for himself,” Bannon advised his co-hosts. The outspoken Conflict Room icon defined, “President Trump empowered him greater than anybody’s ever been empowered on this authorities! He [President Trump] had his again. Promoted this man. And when folks like me, who mentioned, ‘You’re making a mistake! It is a unhealthy man! He’s gonna activate you! He’s not with us. He’s additionally completely incompetent!’ And when President Trump mentioned, ‘Hey, give this man a shot!’ and I belief President Trump‘s judgment,” Bannon mentioned and defined how he backed off “slightly.” Bannon defined to his viewers that as quickly as Elon didn’t assume he was working issues or didn’t “get the adoration,” he “turned” on President Trump. However in response to Bannon, Musk didn’t simply activate President Trump, “He [Musk] turned on the nation—on the American folks—and President Trump has had sufficient of it!”
Bannon, arguably one of the crucial necessary figures within the conservative tradition, wasn’t completed sharing his disdain for Musk’s infantile habits as a result of Trump’s “One Massive Stunning” invoice wasn’t written the best way Musk thought it needs to be written. He started to assault Trump on social media. Bannon recommended that Musk may have spoken with a few of the prime Republicans, with whom he has relationships, however as an alternative, he started “tweeting essentially the most vicious stuff you may tweet!” In Elon Musk’s try to attain factors in his social media warfare with President Trump, he tried to group him in “with these pedophiles on the [Epstein’s] island!” After which, Bannon actually unloaded, saying, “He known as for the president to be impeached and JD Vance to take his position!” Bannon continued, “As exhausting as we’ve labored in all of the years! Some punk is gonna sit there and go, he needs to be impeached!?”
Bannon lastly warned that it gained’t be lengthy earlier than Democrats start to cozy as much as Musk and earlier than we all know it, “He’ll write a $500 million test for Hakeem Jefferies—He’ll be throughout the factor, trying to impeach President Trump—trying to assist steal the ’28 election!” Bannon didn’t give any specifics on how they need to do it, however advised his viewers, “Let’s get forward of it!”
Steve Bannon completely savaging Elon Musk this night.
Highly effective stuff.
“President Trump empowered him greater than anybody’s ever been empowered, and other people like me mentioned you’re making a mistake. It is a unhealthy man. He’s going to activate us. He’s additionally completely incompetent.”
“He… pic.twitter.com/3vfAEll9bw
— August Takala (@RudyTakala) June 5, 2025
On this clip, Bannon eviscerates Musk for promising, however not delivering the promised trillion {dollars} in cuts to the American folks.
“Right here’s the issue with Elon—It’s quite simple. He promised $1 trillion and cuts and waste, fraud and abuse,” Bannon mentioned.
“Within the joint, you recognize, the State Of The Union or the joint factor of Congress—Keep in mind the mantra of going by all of the Social Safety people who have been 200 years outdated?” Bannon requested. “Not one penny was ever discovered!” he exclaimed. “Okay, the place is the fraud in Medicaid, which is ripe for fraud?” he requested. “He [Musk] by no means got here up with something! Bannon mentioned. “The place is the fraud on the Pentagon, which is the Mack Daddy’s of waste, fraud and abuse? Not one penny!” Bannon exclaimed.
For all of the Elon fanboys: Elon promised a trillion {dollars} in cuts however delivered rescissions with no enamel.
Fanboys, seize your pencils: The GOP shot down the actual struggle. No fraud cash was discovered from Social Safety. No waste minimize. Simply discuss. pic.twitter.com/uriI7DdLTA
— STEVE BANNON (@Stevebannon_sk) June 5, 2025
Right here is the full-length clip of Bannon’s observations about Elon Musk and his relationship with President Trump:
“HE IS A FRAUD” Steve Bannon Blasts Elon Musk For Inflating DOGE Numbers And Betraying President Trump pic.twitter.com/7R2OmZSME0
— Bannon’s WarRoom (@Bannons_WarRoom) June 5, 2025
This isn’t the primary time Bannon ever took a shot at Musk and his integrity or character, in a March 2023 interview with Tim Pool, Steve Bannon advised him, “Elon Musk is a complete and full phony—He’s owned lock, inventory, and barrel by the Chinese language Communist Celebration!”
Watch:
Steve Bannon in March 2023…
“Elon Musk is a complete and full phony. He’s owned – lock, inventory, and barrel – by the Chinese language Communist Celebration, and he acts prefer it.” – Steve Bannon (3/11/2023) pic.twitter.com/O3riTXwJaE
— Caroline Wren (@CarolineWren) June 5, 2025
What do you assume? Is Steve Bannon right about Elon Musk? Is it odd how Musk has been praising Trump for nearly a yr and out of the blue, he desires him to be impeached?