Elon Musk lashed out at Steve Bannon over his suggestion that his rocket company SpaceX should be nationalized.
The MAGA influencer has gone after the tech mogul after he publicly split with President Donald Trump, and Musk pushed back after Bannon claimed that 90 percent of SpaceX revenue comes from NASA, the Department of Defense and other government contracts, reported The Daily Beast.
“[Musk] made 100 to 150 billion dollars in net worth on government contracts,” Bannon said. “Why do we not have warrants or options, huge packages for the American taxpayer, as part of that?”
“I think we ought to go in and say with the new management," Bannon added. "We’re going to nationalize SpaceX because it’s a government entity anyway, with 90 percent of the revenues.”
Musk responded to a clip of Bannon's remarks posted on his X platform by twice using his frequently deployed slur.
“Bannon is such a r-----ed liar. Dumber than a doorstop,” Musk posted on his X account. “SpaceX revenue this year will be $15.5B and NASA is only worth $1.1B."
“If Bannon’s dumb ... reasoning made any sense, then anyone who bought products from any company would automatically own that company,” Musk added. “Bannon is truly peak r----d.”
Bannon, who helped get Trump elected in 2016 and served as his first White House strategist, has long been suspicious of Musk, but he has intensified his attacks after the president turned on him over their disagreement on the Republican budget bill.
“You’re going to tell me we should allow some ... punk to sit there and say he should be impeached, and [vice president] JD [Vance] should step in?” Bannon told Politico’s Playbook. “We’re going to go to ... war, and I’m going to rip your ... face off.
