MAGA champion Steve Bannon was on ABCs “This Week” with Jon Karl on Sunday morning to debate President Trump and the MAGA motion.
Bannon advised Karl that President Trump put collectively a coalition and that as President, he’ll work to unify the nation. He additionally advised Karl that going after lawbreakers within the authorities just isn’t retribution, however it’s needed to guard the way forward for the USA.
“Have a look at the coalition we put collectively, what occurred on 5 November, proper? Look, I understand I’m, you realize, at all times on the assault, however he’s President of the USA. He gained his victory, he has a giant coalition to drag collectively and I believe he’s gonna attempt to unify the nation,” Bannon mentioned.
“So does that imply all that speak of retribution is rarely thoughts?” Karl requested.
“His thought of retribution is peace and prosperity. It’s safety in a brand new golden age,” Bannon mentioned of President Trump.
“So, prosecuting his enemies, going after the January sixth Committee, going after the prosecutors the way in which they went after him, Mark Milley, all that stuff, overlook about that?” Karl requested.
“I didn’t say that. I believe that’s totally different. I don’t suppose that’s revenge or retribution in any respect. And I’m a giant believer and I’ve mentioned this time and again. I say it on the present on daily basis. We now have obligations to this Republic that this might by no means occur once more,” Bannon declared.
Karl had additionally talked with Bannon about billionaires Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. Bannon defined to Karl that he believed they’re “supplicants.”
“You’re gonna see the three richest Individuals ever, you might be gonna see Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, prime seats,” Karl mentioned of the inauguration.
“They’re there as supplicants, they don’t seem to be there because the oligarchs,” Bannon mentioned.
“Most individuals in our motion have a look at this as President Trump broke the oligarchs. He broke’em, they usually surrendered,” Bannon mentioned.
“He’s like Douglas MacArthur. That’s an official give up, okay, and I believe it’s highly effective,” Bannon mentioned.
Bannon additionally referred to as out Mark Zuckerberg and labeled him a prison.
“Do you consider his conversion?” Karl requested about Zuckerberg.
“Completely not. I believe Mark Zuckerberg is a prison,” Bannon mentioned.
“That man will flip on President Trump, and he’ll flip on us in a second. When it’s handy for him, he’ll flip,” Bannon continued.
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Former Trump White Home chief strategist Steve Bannon mentioned in an unique interview with @JonKarl that tech billionaires’ deliberate attendance at Monday’s inauguration is an indication of their “official give up” to President-elect Donald Trump.
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