The onerous new immigration bill would empower state attorneys general to force wholesale visa denials. It turns out Bannon can use this to his advantage in the MAGA civil war over immigration.

Cracks in the MAGA stronghold may be forming just days ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, Jan. 20, as political strategist Steve Bannon recently lashed out at out at Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk. Trump recently tapped Musk to lead the newly-formed Department of Government Efficiency alongside Vivek Ramaswamy.

Bannon is ramping up public attacks on billionaire Elon Musk amid an intensifying debate on the right about Musk’s influence in the incoming administration. In an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera this past week,

The far-right political strategist promised to remove Musk from Trump's inner circle in a recent interview with the Italian newspaper, Corriere della Sera.

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon is going for the jugular on Elon Musk. In an interview with Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera published Wednesday, Bannon lambasted the world’s richest man as a “truly evil guy” who would be out of Trumpworld by Inauguration Day.

Prominent right-wing podcaster Steve Bannon recently vowed to take down Elon Musk, a billionaire and ally of Donald Trump 's, by the president-elect's inauguration next week. Newsweek has reached out to Musk and Trump's transition team via email for comment on Sunday afternoon.

Bannon said Elon Musk has had some influence over the Cabinet picks and policy discussions but he doesn’t “have the ability to actually make decisions

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is softening his tone on Trump campaign financier turned adviser Elon Musk just days after he vowed to push the Tesla CEO out of the incoming president’s orbit over Musk’s support for a controversial ...

Steve Bannon mocks Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos as Trump ‘supplicants’ making an ‘official surrender’ - Trump’s former White House strategist fires latest volley in MAGA civil war as he compares tech ti

Instead, this issue is pitting self-described populist anti-immigration MAGA hard-liners like Steve Bannon against Trump advisers such as Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy and Sriram Krishnan - all successful businesspeople, and all strong supporters of skilled immigration and a country open to talent.

With Elon Musk ’s influence on President-elect Donald Trump felt everywhere and growing, Steve Bannon emerges as Musk’s loudest critic in Trump World.