- Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon has called for Elon Musk's deportation, referring to him as an "illegal alien" and urging President Trump to seize SpaceX.
- Bannon made these remarks on his War Room podcast, reacting to Musk's threat to decommission SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft after Trump considered canceling government subsidies to Musk's companies.
- Bannon suggested Trump invoke the Defense Production Act to seize SpaceX, claiming Musk is in the country illegally despite becoming a U.S. citizen in 2002.
- Speaking with the New York Times, Bannon doubled down on his deportation call and urged the Trump administration to investigate Musk's immigration status.
- Musk, who previously vowed to root out more than $1 trillion in federal waste, was only able to cut $170 billion despite over 270,000 people losing their jobs due to sweeping layoffs.
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Steve Bannon calls for Trump to seize SpaceX now and deport Musk as feud spirals
