Cracks in the MAGA stronghold may be forming just days ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, Jan. 20, as political strategist Steve Bannon recently lashed out at out at Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk. Trump recently tapped Musk to lead the newly-formed Department of Government Efficiency alongside Vivek Ramaswamy.

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon is going for the jugular on Elon Musk. In an interview with Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera published Wednesday, Bannon lambasted the world’s richest man as a “truly evil guy” who would be out of Trumpworld by Inauguration Day.

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. In an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera this past week,

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.

He is a truly evil guy, a very bad guy,” Bannon told the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. “I made it my personal thing to take this guy down.”

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.

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is softening his tone on Trump campaign financier turned adviser Elon Musk just days after he vowed to push the Tesla CEO out of the incoming president’s orbit over Musk’s support for a controversial ...

Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon has pledged to have Elon Musk "run out" of the White House over the tech billionaire's support of H-1B visas for skilled foreign workers.

"And as soon as I can turn Elon Musk from a techno-feudalist to a populist nationalist, then we’ll start making real progress."

Instead, this issue is pitting self-described populist anti-immigration MAGA hard-liners like Steve Bannon against Trump advisers such as Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy and Sriram Krishnan - all successful businesspeople, and all strong supporters of skilled immigration and a country open to talent.

With Elon Musk ’s influence on President-elect Donald Trump felt everywhere and growing, Steve Bannon emerges as Musk’s loudest critic in Trump World.