Gavin Newsom and Steve Bannon found at least one place where they agreed in the controversial podcast chat: the liberal California governor is responsible for Elon Musk‘s rise to power.
The pair traded blows in a 56-minute chat for Newsom’s new podcast, one that has drawn outrage from the governor’s party for platforming the controversial Donald Trump ally.
However, at times, the polar opposites were largely collegial and even laughed at one another’s jokes.
Newsom at one point tried to hit home Bannon’s apparent distaste for ‘First Buddy’ Musk, who has donated hundreds of millions to Trump and since become head of the budget-slashing Department of Government Efficiency.
When he tried to nail Bannon on any friction between the two and wondering what Musk’s ‘endgame’ was, the former White House advisor turned it back at Newsom.
Bannon responded: ‘Well, you know him, you guys created him!’
Instead of firing back, Newsom agreed with Bannon’s point, citing everything California had done for the Tesla and SpaceX CEO.
‘In many respects, California did. Our regulatory process and our subsidies to create this market, you’re 100% right,’ Newsom said. More here