As the Donald Trump-Elon Musk unraveled in front of the world on Thursday, Steve Bannon urged the president to take drastic action.
After Trump floated the idea on Truth Social that the government could cut Musk’s contracts and save “Billions and Billions of Dollars,” Musk responded by decommissioning the Dragon Spacecraft. That would reportedly bring to a halt the United States’ ability to send astronauts to space.
Bannon said the president should not let that be a threat.
“President Trump, tonight, should sign an executive order calling for the Defense Production Act and seize Space X tonight before midnight,” Bannon said. “The US Government should seize it.”
Bannon took it a step further saying that Trump should have Musk, who was born in South Africa, deported.
“I don’t know why we haven’t had a full investigation,” Bannon said. “Look, if we are going to deport illegal aliens, you gotta deport illegal aliens. The good goes with the goose and the gander.
“They have to go through everything about his immigration status,” Bannon added. “I happen to believe, given to the information that I have been shown, that he is an illegal alien and illegal aliens gotta be deported. Also, this drug use that was reported in The New York Times, if that is a fact, that should be investigated.”
Bannon said a person cannot have a security clearance and a drug problem.
“We should take his security clearance away, and all contracts should be suspended pending that investigation,” Bannon said.
Bannon also brought up a previous accusation he made that Musk is “an agent of influence of the Chinese Communist Party because of his relationship in Tesla.”
“That should be fully investigated,” Bannon said. “President Trump is a bull. Elon Musk is a baby calf, OK. And now it is time for the good of the country, for the republic, forget MAGA and the Republican Party, this is a national security issue now. Creates a level of a national security issue of a very unstable individual that is out saying very, I think, dangerous things about the President of the United States.”