Bannon and Musk feud to be influential 'first buddy' who has Trump's ear

Steve Bannon intensified his war with Elon Musk as the two men compete over who will gain President-elect Donald Trump‘s ear on immigration issues during his second term in office.

A senior adviser to Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and subsequent first term in office, Bannon was widely viewed as one of the most powerful people in the president-elect’s orbit before his sharp fall from grace in 2017. In recent months, Musk has similarly assumed the role of top Trump ally, while the president-elect has harshly criticized Bannon as someone who “doesn’t represent my base” and has “lost his mind.”