The ongoing Donald Trump / Elon Musk feud is as entertaining as it is destructive. Trump has apparently decided Musk’s DOGE work was “bulls**t”, Musk called Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ “a disgusting abomination”, then tossed gasoline onto the fire by claiming that Trump is covering up sex crimes he committed alongside Jeffrey Epstein.
Many in MAGA are pleading for the two to bury the hatchet before more damage is done, though both Musk and Trump are thin-skinned catty queens notorious for nursing grudges. But, for some in MAGA, this is time for a huge sigh of relief.
Put yourself in their shoes for a moment. For the best part of a year, you’ve had to argue that this crushingly unfunny, perpetually embarrassing, and visibly drug-addled loser was a shining light of conservative values, a historic genius, and someone we should all look up to. Now they don’t have to pretend anymore, and the gloves are OFF.
First up to lay into Musk was longtime Trump ally and MAGA central figure Steve Bannon, who’s never liked Musk but largely avoided criticizing him for political reasons. Now he’s unleashed. As per comments in The New York Times, Bannon said it’s time for Musk to be removed from the country: “They should initiate a formal investigation of his [Musk] immigration status because I am of the strong belief that he is an illegal alien, and he should be deported from the country immediately.”
4pm: [10,000 jokes] what if Trump just like deported Elon for spite
— Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) June 5, 2025
4:39pm: Steve Bannon: "I am of the strong belief that Musk is an illegal alien and should be deported from the country immediately" pic.twitter.com/D4POcp3wyH
Bannon also recommended that Trump seize Musk’s assets on behalf of the government: “President Trump, tonight, should sign an executive order calling for the Defense Production Act. And seize SpaceX tonight, before midnight.”
One ticket to El Salvador please!
Sadly, SpaceX remains unseized, but we live in hope. Well, I never thought I’d be standing alongside Steve Bannon, but I guess the enemy of your enemy really is your friend after all. So, for once, let’s let ICE do something that everyone can get behind: scooping up Musk, stripping him of his assets, sending him to a sweaty Louisiana centre, and then booting him out of the country. Would it be too much to ask that a spot on a plane to El Salvador be made available?
Ordinarily we’d say no human being deserves to be subjected to the extrajudicial horrors of CECOT, but for Musk we’re more than willing to make an exception.
