Brendan Buck: Musk-Bannon Dispute Is an ‘Underappreciated Fracture’

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BUCK: "Yeah, I think this Musk-Bannon dispute is an underappreciated fracture in the current GOP. Look, Steve Bannon has been a foot soldier for Donald Trump. He went to jail for Donald Trump for a really long time. And I think he is, understandably, deeply skeptical of Elon Musk, who, you know, was not even really a close ally of Donald Trump the first time around and sort of came out of nowhere and has really stolen the spotlight. Let’s remember, Steve Bannon was a close advisor in the White House the first time around, and I think he has real questions about what Elon Musk is up to. We know that Trumpism is sort of anti-immigrant, nationalist. It’s not clear that Elon Musk shares any of those views. Now, Donald Trump needs both of those people. I think he likes what Elon Musk is doing. But if Steve Bannon keeps railing against him, I think that there’s a real fracture that could happen here because, look, Steve Bannon has been through this. He has the real, you know, credibility with the MAGA movement. So unless these two can get on the same page, I expect Trump’s going to have to keep intervening."