Far-right activist and conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer simply stated what we’ve all been pondering: Elon Musk wields far an excessive amount of energy within the MAGA world—and it’s getting tiresome.
Showing on Steve Bannon’s right-wing podcast “War Room,” Loomer, a racist piece of labor in her personal proper, torched the billionaire CEO as a “welfare queen” and technocrat who has outsized affect within the U.S. political sphere resulting from his burgeoning relationship with President-elect Donald Trump.
Loomer additionally referred to as Musk a “stage 5 clinger,” an obvious reference to how Musk continues to relentlessly “slither” round Mar-a-Lago.
“I don’t think it’s acceptable for billionaires to have this much power and this much access,” she stated. “What is it going to mean for the future of our country, our national security, and the incoming Trump administration if we have a bunch of technocrats, who are also essentially welfare queens because their companies are receiving government subsidies, and they want to take over our defense industry?”
Loomer’s feedback are the most recent escalation within the civil battle between Trump’s billionaire tech bros, Musk and fellow DOGE dork Vivek Ramaswamy, and the MAGA trustworthy, resembling Bannon and Loomer. The rift started when Musk pushed again on assaults on H-1B visas, that are usually awarded to extremely expert immigrant employees.
Bannon, for his half, has blasted the visas as a “scam” that he falsely claims “[take] American jobs and [bring] over what essentially become indentured servants at lower wages.”
He’s additionally referred to Musk as “sociopathic” and stated that American employees are owed “reparations” for the roles which have allegedly been stolen by immigrants.
The infighting between the 2 teams has gotten moderately nasty, as Loomer has used her 5 seconds of fame to launch assaults on Indian immigrants, who she referred to as “third world invaders.” In the identical sentence, she managed to levy reward on the “white Europeans” who she claims constructed the nation.
Whereas Trump has publicly sided with Musk within the debate, telling the New York Publish that he helps the H-1B visa program, that hasn’t stopped sure MAGA allies from ripping into it—and anybody who helps it.
Throughout a Monday look on former Fox Information host Eric Bolling’s present, Loomer instructed that some Republicans don’t wish to cross Musk as a result of he’s wealthy. Musk spent greater than a quarter-billion {dollars} to assist Trump win his second time period as president.
“This is the problem when you allow for a billionaire to make a $200 million donation and so maybe we really do need to have campaign finance regulations in this country,” she stated.
Of Trump, Loomer stated that she “love[s]” him, however frightened his latest backing of Musk was because of the billionaire’s assist in his re-election efforts.
“It sounds like people are scared of crossing the king, the king of the world, Elon Musk, the monarch,” she stated.
It’s annoying that some extremely legitimate criticism towards Musk is coming from a far-right character identified for her virulent racism and assist of conspiracy theories, however fortunately she’s not the one particular person to shit on Musk in latest days.
Throughout his New 12 months’s handle, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz not-so-subtly admonished the billionaire after he tried to tip the scales in Germany’s snap election, which can happen on Feb. 23, 2025. His feedback got here shortly after Musk reiterated his assist for Germany’s right-wing, anti-immigration Different for Germany, or AfD, social gathering.
“You, the citizens, decide what happens in Germany,” Scholz stated. “It’s not up to the owners of social media.”
Musk already has immense affect over U.S. politics, nevertheless it’s unclear whether or not he can take his political meddling to the worldwide stage. It’s additionally unclear who will win this MAGA battle, nevertheless it appears secure to say that the interpersonal chaos that has rocked Trump’s social gathering for years will proceed into the brand new 12 months.
Perhaps we will proceed this pattern of dunking on Musk in 2025, too?
