Steve Bannon: 'I will get Elon Musk kicked out before the inauguration'

Former White House advisor Steve Bannon maintains a harsh tone against Elon Musk, a future member of the Trump administration with the Department of Government Efficiency under his charge. In an interview published Wednesday by Italian outlet Corriere della Sera, Bannon assured that he will get "Elon Musk kicked out before the inauguration."

Previously, Steve Bannon launched some other warnings to the entrepreneur and Trump ally throughout the election campaign. A week earlier, he assured that he would go to "rip [his] face off" unless Musk stops pushing visas for skilled foreign workers.

This time, Bannon added in his interview with the Italian media outlet that Musk is a "truly evil" person. "Stopping him has become a personal issue for me," he added. "Before, because he was bringing in so much money, I was willing to tolerate it. Not anymore."

In the interview, Donald Trump's former advisor, the architect behind his 2016 victory according to many, also invites Musk, among others, to return to South Africa. Bannon, convicted of failing a subpoena before Congress, rhetorically asked that "Why do we have white South Africans [in America], the most racist people in the world, commenting on everything that happens in the United States?"

As Corriere della Sera points out, Bannon went so far as to align himself with Bernie Sanders over criticism of Musk. This all revolves around H-1B visas, criticized by sectors of the Republican Party. "I love that Bernie just joined the H-1B visa group," added Bannon, who assured that the Democrat had not spoken out on these visas until now because of the weight of Big Tech in donations to Democrats.