Among the figures caught in a still-simmering clash between the MAGA right and tech right is AI and crypto czar David Sacks.

Elon Musk’s allies inside the Trump administration are newly vulnerable after the mogul’s bitter public breakup with the president.

MAGA loyalists are taking advantage of the Trump-Musk rift to threaten the standing of anyone in the administration who’s perceived as too close to the Tesla CEO. Leading that charge is former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, whose long-running animosity toward Musk peaked last week with the former calling to deport Musk from the US and the latter deeming Bannon a “Communist retard.”

Among the potential Bannon targets: David Sacks, the venture capitalist tapped by Trump as artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency czar. Sacks has invested in Musk’s SpaceX and, like Musk, is a member of the so-called PayPal Mafia (early PayPal employees and founders who are a Silicon Valley force).

  • Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world
    18·
    4 days ago

    calling to deport Musk from the US and the latter deeming Bannon a “Communist retard.”

    America is back baby!!

    • fluxion@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      4 days ago

      Such professional leadership and business skills. Please, more people like this running our great nation!

  • ProIsh@lemmy.world
    15·
    4 days ago

    Let’s not stop calling to nationalize starlink and SpaceX. If it’s involved in global talks with the government it needs to be ran by the government.