Trump's former chief strategist not officially part of the new administration. That won't stop his influence from being felt across the beltway.

Trump ally Steve Bannon attacked Elon Musk and said he would “do anything” to keep the world’s richest person out of the White House in a new interview with an Italian newspaper, weeks after Bannon publicly derided Musk for his defense of a skilled visa program.

President-elect Donald Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon said Elon Musk is a "truly evil guy" and vowed to "take this guy down."

Bannon tore into Musk, revealing another fissure in the MAGA world over Trump's highly touted Stargate project.

Bannon's money laundering and conspiracy case was originally scheduled for trial in 2023 but has been repeatedly delayed.

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.

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Bannon described the high-profile tech leaders who've embraced Trump as "supplicants" during an interview on ABC's "This Week."

MAGA Civil War: Steve Bannon pledges to have Elon Musk run out of Trump orbit by Inauguration Day Jan. 14, 2025 09:03 President Trump already using the executive branch as a ‘personal political ...

They're not there because they support Trump. They're there because the Trump movement and President Trump broke them’ Bannon said ahead of Trump’s inauguration