The political world was taken aback when President Donald Trump and Elon Musk unexpectedly sparked a feud, yet some within Trump’s inner circle swiftly responded.
Among them was conservative podcast host and former advisor to the president during his first go in the White House, Steve Bannon, who said Musk should be deported.
Bannon said that the president should invoke the Defense Production Act to “seize SpaceX tonight. Before midnight, the US government should seize it.”
“Look, if you’re going to deport illegal aliens, you got to deport illegal aliens… They got to go back to this, as Stuart Stevens talked about, and go through everything about his immigration status. I happen to believe, given the facts that I’ve been shown, that he’s an illegal alien, and illegal aliens got to be deported,” he said.
Musk became a legal citizen of the United States in 2002.
The conservative host continued to discuss The New York Times’ allegations of Musk’s drug use.
“The drug use in the New York Times, if that’s a fact, that ought to be investigated,” he said before saying that Musk’s security clearance should be removed, “and all contracts should be suspended pending that investigation.”
“They should initiate a formal investigation of his immigration status, because I am of the strong belief that he is an illegal alien, and he should be deported from the country immediately,” he said.
Fox News host Brian Kilmeade was furious with the Tesla and Space X CEO on Friday during a segment on “Fox & Friends” for claiming that the president was on the list of convicted human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, one of the most salacious things said by either man
“Maybe I am a little too optimistic, but they’re both alpha males,” cohost Lawrence Jones said. “They fight. It’s dirty. I got a friend like this. I love him to death. But when we fight, it is, I don’t know what gets over us. We don’t do it publicly, but we love each other.”
And that’s exactly what this looks like—two dominant personalities clashing, not because they’re enemies, but because they’re wired the same way. As Jones explained:
“Here’s the reality, though — There’s nowhere else to go. In this breakup. It’s not like Elon can suddenly become a Democrat or join some other party. We’re in a binary system. He is our George Soros on the right, and Donald Trump is the Barack Obama of the party. There is no split. I think the call, based on my sources that I’ve talked to, is going to happen today. They’re going to bury the hatchet. We wish this would have not happened publicly and happened privately, but you got two strong alpha males that are deep in their convictions,” he said.
Kilmeade jumped in and pointed out where this whole thing really took a wrong turn which, he said was, Musk’s bizarre Epstein post.
“The Epstein file thing was way over the top and just crazy to say that Trump was in the Epstein files,” Kilmeade said. “I mean, what are you doing!?”
He added, “I mean, sometimes when people get drunk. They do crazy things. But this is a total escalation by Elon Musk.”
Still, Kilmeade gave Trump credit for how he’s handled it so far.
“I give Trump so much credit. For the most part, he’s measured, wants to be here, appreciates what he did,” he said. “The EV mandate was eliminated. He’s not happy about it. He says foundationally he doesn’t like the bill. You know what? The bill might actually get better because of Musk, and I think we’re working towards that right now. Elon Musk, and I know it sounds crazy, he just doesn’t understand politics. He has no idea about compromise.”
