Overview

• Over the July 4 weekend, Musk polled his 221 million X followers about launching an ‘America Party,’ drawing Bannon’s ire.
• On his War Room podcast, Bannon asserted that Musk’s South African birth disqualifies him from leading a U.S. political party and called for his deportation.
• Musk responded on X by dubbing Bannon a “fat, drunken slob” and insisting the former strategist return to prison to serve additional time.
• The personal attacks underscore widening rifts between populist nationalist and tech-driven wings of President Trump’s coalition.
• Earlier attempts at a truce in June unraveled as core policy disputes over high-skilled visas and Musk’s government contracts remained unresolved.