Bannon said Musk ― a naturalized U.S. citizen ― “should be deported,” while Musk predicted that Bannon ― who served a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress ― could be heading back to prison for a longer term. Bannon on his “War Room” podcast slammed Musk for saying he would start a new political party, the America Party.

A public feud between President Donald Trump and his on-again, off-again ally, billionaire Elon Musk, reignited this week after an apparent truce lasted less than a month.

This week, Trump has said Musk would have to "close up shop and head back home to South Africa" if he halted government subsidies to his companies, and then later added that his administration would "have to take a look" at deporting Musk.