Sunday, January 19, 2025

Bannon says MAGA Populism will Win - as Trump is Surrounded by Billionaires

NPR's Steve Inskeep writes about the odd circumstance of Trump Devotee Steven Bannon.

Posted by Corky at 08:32 PM | 6 COMMENTS | permalink

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Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon says he doesn't believe the president-elect will listen to "tech oligarchs" over the right-wing populist movement that helped him secure another White House term.

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-- NPR (@npr.org) January 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM

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"In our conversation, Bannon insisted the billionaires who contributed millions to the inauguration are not buying influence but being used as trophies by the new president.

"They're not there because they support Trump. They're there because the Trump movement and President Trump broke them," Bannon said.

His difference with Musk centered on H-1B visas for high-skilled immigrant workers. Musk has lobbied Trump to support them, and in late December posted on X that he would "

interview at the link

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-01-19 10:54 AM

Why are you listening to Steve Bannon Corky?? Aren't you tired of being in the losing side of things?? We have to double down and fight Trump's agenda as much as possible. Oh and just for the record Celebrating Neoconservatives campaigning for Kamala was a horrible look. Just sayin

#2 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-01-19 04:54 PM

The Point, Laura, is that MAGA purport to be populists who hate Oligarchy.... and yet that's what they've given us.

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2025-01-19 05:06 PM

King Dotard II is a grifter who cares only about money and his next mark. In his mind he recognizes that one or two billionaires are easier targets than millions on low income mouth breathers. As Heather Cox Richardson wrote, at the inauguration Trumps supporters are left out in the cold, with only the rich marks welcome in the warmth ...

#4 | Posted by catdog at 2025-01-19 09:29 PM

Americans are so stupid. Millions of people gave $$ to a billionaire with a proven track record of lying and grifting, believing he will help the middle and lower classes, when his entire history is stealing from workers and stalling to pay his bills.

America deserves what is coming.

#5 | Posted by e1g1 at 2025-01-19 09:53 PM

#5 E1G1 Don't lump all of us together, there are plenty of us who voted for Harris/Walz. Unfortunately, some Dems were too lazy to go vote and here we are!

#6 | Posted by Ronnie68 at 2025-01-19 10:31 PM

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