Steve Bannon has advice for Donald Trump on how to win the election: Keep doing your thing, be yourself, and make sure outside groups maintain a fierce focus on getting out the vote.
“I would tell President Trump to go ahead and do his rallies,” he told DailyMail.com in an interview.
‘Do what you do. Just be yourself. You are authentic.
“Be yourself and let your staff and these outside groups really have the power over the next six or seven days and get as many people to vote as possible before November 5th.”
He has had four months to think about strategy, locked up in a federal prison where he was serving time for two counts of contempt of Congress.
Steve Bannon gave his advice to his former boss Donald Trump on how to win the election during an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com
He was released Tuesday morning. A few hours later he spoke to his former boss on the phone, but he refused to talk about their conversation.
His release, a week before Election Day, returns one of Trump’s most powerful supporters to the airwaves.
Meanwhile, he has made a radical turn with respect to another of the former president’s most powerful allies.
Last year, he described billionaire Elon Musk as “a war profiteer” who is “property of the Chinese Communist Party” and “who would take a check from Adolf Hitler himself.”
He now sees the Tesla and X owner as a crucial part of the coalition of groups trying to attract voters.
The final days, he said, should involve a “manic focus on getting out the vote.”
‘Know, Elon Musk “He’s a very smart guy, and I think he’s woken up, and I’ve had a lot of disagreements with Elon Musk, but Elon Musk has focused on putting his money… many months ago, behind getting out of the voting effort,” he said.
‘Charlie Kirk is one of the smartest young people in politics. “He focused on going out to vote.”
Musk moved to Pennsylvania, the biggest prize among the seven contested states with 19 Electoral College votes. He has deployed his billions to offer million-dollar prizes to voters who sign his petition (although that is now under legal challenge).
Bannon was Trump’s top White House strategist before losing a power struggle with other advisers to the president. Bannon said he spoke to Trump shortly after leaving prison on Tuesday
Bannon ended his past criticism of Elon Musk and praised the billionaire for investing his money in a major get-out-the-vote initiative.
He also praised conservative activist Charlie Kirk and his election campaign.
And Kirk, whose podcast is a big hit among young conservatives, is leading the get-out-the-vote campaign in Arizona.
Bannon said the time to change his mind had passed.
“There are no undecided people in our country, everyone has formed an opinion about President Trump,” he said. “The key is to get low-propensity voters and get them to the polls.”
Trump and his Democratic opponent Kamala Harris are touring key states in the final, frenetic days of the campaign.
DailyMail.com/JL Partners’ electoral model shows Trump has an overall lead to win the Electoral College, but the result is likely to be close no matter what.