Implications of Trump, Musk fallout
Steve Bannon connected Friday called for the Trump medication to analyse Elon Musk, whose brewing feud with the president became nationalist Thursday successful a bid of escalating tit-for-tat societal media posts.
Bannon, a erstwhile White House main strategist and an state of President Trump, told CBS News that helium wants the White House and Trump medication to probe alleged cause usage by Musk, arsenic good arsenic the South African-native's migration status.
"They person to bash that. You person to instrumentality his information clearance. Investigate cause usage and analyse his involvement" with China, Bannon said successful a telephone interview. "And you person to analyse his presumption arsenic a citizen."
Bannon questioned whether Musk's way to citizenship was handled properly.
"If it turned retired helium overstayed visas and lied astir it, it's not right. It has to beryllium investigated," Bannon said.
Musk, the world's richest man, was astatine archetypal a almighty dependable successful the White House, aft spending immoderate $277 million successful enactment of Mr. Trump's predetermination campaign. Mr. Trump lauded the cost-cutting efforts of the Musk-inspired Department of Government Efficiency during a March code earlier Congress, but their narration has since soured.
Bannon present believes DOGE needs greater scrutiny from the administration.
"Did they instrumentality information sets to provender into their AI model? This has to beryllium investigated now. He's an unstable individual. What did DOGE do? What did DOGE find?" Bannon asked, saying it's a substance of "national security."
Bannon has criticized Musk for years, claiming to CBS News in March 2023 that Musk was "owned by the Chinese Communist Party." In January, helium called Musk "out of control."
Bannon said Friday helium is successful "touch with the White House astatine galore levels."
His comments came the time aft Mr. Trump and Musk's narration broke down successful a bid of dramatic, nationalist outbursts that erupted implicit Musk's withering criticisms of Republicans' taxation and fund bill.
The president said Musk "went CRAZY!" and threatened to cancel Musk's lucrative authorities contracts. Musk claimed that Mr. Trump could not person won the presidency without him, voiced enactment for impeachment and claimed the president's sanction appeared successful files related to the lawsuit of Jeffrey Epstein, the deceased financier who died by termination successful national custody successful 2019 portion facing charges of enactment trafficking.
Throughout the backmost and forth, Mr. Trump continued to support the fund measure Musk opposes.
"I don't caput Elon turning against me, but helium should person done truthful months ago. This is 1 of the Greatest Bills ever presented to Congress," Mr. Trump posted connected his societal media site.
Graham Kates contributed to this report.
Robert Costa is simply a nationalist analogous for "CBS News Sunday Morning" and main Washington expert for CBS News.
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