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.

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.

His comments reflect an intensifying battle over Musk’s West Wing influence as Trump prepares to take office President-elect Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Stephen K. 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.

Days after fawning over what tech magnate Elon Musk’s deep pockets could do for the MAGA movement, Steve Bannon went berserk on the world’s richest man and vowed to limit his White House influence. Bannon,

Peter Thiel, David Sacks, Elon Musk, are all white South Africans,” Bannon said. “He should go back to South Africa. Why do we have South Africans, the most racist people on earth, white South Africans,