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

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.

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Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon says he doesn't believe the president-elect will listen to "tech oligarchs" over the right-wing populist movement that helped him secure another White House term.

The two have both known the president-elect for years, but Bannon’s power has waned even as Musk’s “star,” as Trump put it, has risen. “Where’s my Steve? Where’s my Steve?”

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."

Trump's former chief strategist told ABC Sunday he believes the billionaires' inauguration attendance is an "official surrender" to the next administration.

I truly believe that this is God’s grace on our country, giving us another chance to fight and to flourish,” Kirk, the head of Turning Point USA, a conservative youth-outreach organization, said to cheers from the hundreds of MAGA loyalists who had come out for his pre-inaugural ball.

Steve Bannon has yet again slammed Elon Musk—this time for the billionaire’s petty criticism of an artificial intelligence project rolled out by Donald Trump that involves his tech rival Sam Altman. Bannon rebuked Musk for bringing ”his own personal vendetta” into the White House and suggesting Altman,