A former Trump adviser told an Italian newspaper that the Tesla CEO intends to impose “technological feudalism” on a global scale.

Steve Bannon, former adviser to US President-elect Donald Trump, promises Elon Musk In the latest escalation of tensions within the MAGA (Make America Great Again) populist movement, Trump “ran out” of the White House.

In an interview with an Italian newspaper, Bannon said it was his personal mission to ensure that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Musk has no access to Trump’s incoming administration and is “treated like everyone else.”

“He was a truly evil man, a very bad man. I took it personally to take down this guy. Before, because he had put money into it, I was prepared to put up with it – I’m not prepared to put up with it anymore.” Nong told Corriere della Sera that excerpts of it were reprinted over the weekend by Bannon’s former outlet Breitbart News. .

Bannon also said Musk, who was born in South Africa and is a naturalized U.S. citizen, should “go back” to the country of his birth after the billionaire publicly used H-1B visa program Recruiting highly skilled foreign technical workers.

“Why do we have South Africans, the most racist people on earth, white South Africans, and we let them have any comment whatsoever on what’s going on in the United States?”

Bannon’s lashing out comes as Trump’s followers are publicly divided over the role of foreign workers in Silicon Valley.

Last month, Trump’s decision to appoint Indian-American venture capitalist Sriram Krishnan as an artificial intelligence adviser prompted a rebuke from far-right and nationalist MAGA followers, who interpreted the appointment as an endorsement of the H-1B visa, After that, the disagreement cropped up. .

Musk, who held an H-1B visa before gaining U.S. citizenship, lashed out at criticism of foreign workers in Silicon Valley, pledging to “fight a war on this issue” to an extent “you won’t understand.”

Despite measures to limit H-1B visas during his first term, Trump has sided with Musk, calling the visas a “great program.”

Bannon, who served as White House chief strategist during Trump’s first term, accused Musk in a newspaper interview of having the “maturity of a young boy” and trying to establish “technological feudalism” around the world.

“We’ve seen Elon at his peak, his intrusiveness, his lack of understanding of the real issues and, frankly, his only support for himself and his only goal is to become a billionaire. That’s his goal,” he said .

“He would do anything relevant to make sure that any one of his companies was protected or had a better deal, or that he made more money. His aggregation of wealth and then power through wealth: that’s what he focused on Focus. The working people of America will not tolerate this kind of behavior.”

Musk publicly endorsed the Republican shortly after the July 13 assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, and has since become one of Trump’s strongest and most influential allies .

Trump invited the tech billionaire to meetings with lawmakers and foreign leaders and appointed him to co-head the so-called Department of Government Effectiveness with biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy.