Conservative commentator and former Trump White House official Steve Bannon is calling on President Donald Trump to deport tech mogul Elon Musk.
Bannon’s comments come after Musk and Trump traded barbs on social media.
The tech mogul expressed strong disappointment over the president’s support for the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which Musk claimed would increment the federal U.S. deficit.
Musk even went as far as to call for Trump’s impeachment for supporting the bill, as Resist the Mainstream previously reported.
Musk, who was born in South Africa, is now facing criticism from Republicans, including Trump himself.
Bannon called on the president to investigate the X CEO’s immigration status and “immediately” deport him, per the New York Post.
“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,” Bannon told the New York Times.
Bannon also called on the Trump administration to investigate Musk’s alleged drug use as well as claims that the tech mogul tried to get his hands on a classified Pentagon briefing about China, per the Post.
The fallout between Trump and Musk occurred days after