President Donald Trump attracts to make the peace between two of his most influential and volatile allies: Elon Musk and Steve Bannon.
The power struggle behind the scenes can also have extra weight, because the core of this escalating feud is a deeper question about WHo will control the soul of the Maga movement.
Last week reports of a heated collision in the White House, where Trump's own cabinet members are reportedly pushed back on the growing influence of Musk in the federal departments, whereby Bannon did not waste time in adding fuel to the fire.
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“I don't want to say anchor or Lodestone,” Bannon grinned on Friday, referring to the controversial role of Musk in Trumpworld. “It is not yet, but it is trending – everyone is starting to influence that.”
Bannon has long cast Musk as an elitist outsider and somewhat an intruder in an movement that he has formed from the earliest days.
Known for its ruthless populist vision, Bannon's sizzling attacks have marked everything, from a 'parasitic illegal immigrant' to a 'really malignant person', clear combat lines in the Maga camp.
But despite the growing hostility, Trump has made it clear that he wants to keep both men in the neighborhood.
President Donald Trump attracts the peace between two of his most influential and volatile allies, Steve Bannon, Left, and Elon Musk, Center, in the center. Displayed together here in 2017
Steve Bannon has long had Elon Musk as an outsider and somewhat an establishment in a movement that he has formed from his earliest days
Behind the scenes, Elon Musk is irritated by Bannon's ruthless attacks, although he only sporadically switched on
According to two sources that are familiar with private conversations, Trump Bannon already insisted in February to cool his attacks on Musk and even insisted on a face-to-face sit-down between the semi-detached that has still not happened.
The tug of war reflects a deeper ideological battle within Maga.
Behind the scenes, Musk is irritated by Bannon's ruthless attacks, although he only sporadically involved.
Last month, in a rare shot, Musk shot back on X: 'Bannon is a great talker, but not a great doer. What was he done this week? Nothing.'
Bannon is now ruthless and according to his inner circle, he sees the fight less about personal insults, but who maps the course for Maga after Trump.
“He looks at the future and he says:” Oh no, there is an atheistic, amoral, CCP-Uitgevelvelde, inexplicable foreigner who at one point will be the head of the Maga movement, “said Raheem Kassam, editor-in-chief of the National Pulse and a close Bannon Ally. “And I think he's right to express the worries in the way he does it.”
Bannon served as the main strategist during Trump's first term before the couple Bitter split in 2017, but he was also DEvoted to the lie that the 2020 election was stolen.
While Trump tries to keep the warring camps together, the schism runs deep.
Despite the role of Musk as a powerful benefactor, his ideological dedication to Maga remains suspected of many
Bannon served as the main strategist during Trump's first term before the couple split bitter in 2017, but he was also brought to the lie that the 2020 election had been stolen
Insiders say that Trump is deeply aware that De Veign is in danger of breaking the basis of the Maga -Basis that he has helped to facilitate his return to power and if the gap cannot be restored, reforming or even breaking -the Maga movement in the coming years can
Bannon has beaten Musk about immigration, in particular his support for H-1B-VISA.
“Billionaires such as Musk will leave Maga as soon as it stops serving their interests,” Bannon has repeatedly warned.
But Musk has been essential to reinforce the Maga message through his takeover of X, who has now become the unfiltered megaphone of the conservative movement.
“Musk is the volume button,” said the Republican strategist Barry Bennett to the New York Times. Bennett worked with Bannon on Trump's first campaign.
'You can now say things on Twitter and you can reach millions and millions of people where you would reach tens of thousands 10 years ago. He made that available to us. They are very grateful to him that they let that happen. '
'Bannon has been conservative for painted in the Worp all his life and he believes very strongly in these core values. He is always suspicious of people who pop up and do not have the pedigree he has, “said Bennett.
Musk, a former critic of Trump, had previously beat rates, coal obsession and immigration hardliners during Trump's first term
Musk has Remiendant on the side of the president since his election profit in November 2024
Until recently, it was that Musk, who once supported Ron Desantis, entirely came into Trump's track and stated online that he loves Trump as much as a hetero man can love another man '
Despite the role of Musk as a powerful benefactor, his ideological dedication to Maga principles remains suspected for many.
A former critic of Trump, Musk shot rates, coal obsession and immigration -hardliners during Trump's first term.
Until recently, it was that Musk – who once supported the Governor of Florida Ron Desantis – entirely came into Trump's track and stated online that he loves Trump as much as a heteroman person can love another man. '
The tension between Musk and Bannon came to a peak last month when both entered the stage on CPAC and received thunderous applause from the same conservative public.
In a rare moment of reverence, Bannon Musk called 'Superman' on stage, but quickly turned to remind the crowd of the bigger whole:
“They will remember two things, Donald Trump and Maga, okay?” Bannon thundered and made it clear that neither he nor Musk was bigger than the movement.
Bannon undoubtedly left in an interview in the New York Times that the gap between him and Musk is 'probably insurmountable'.
“He is still not a populist nationalist, he is a globalist,” said Bannon.
Bannon served as the main strategist during Trump's first term before the pair split in 2017, but he was also dedicated to the lie that the 2020 elections were stolen
Bannon's allies openly driven his name as a presidential competition from 2028, encouraged by his surprising second place in a CPAC Straw-Poll from 2025
Trump's White House has gone tight, whereby press secretary Karoline Leavitt simply says: 'We do not comment on private conversations that have taken place or not.
“President Trump is happy with the historical work of Doge under Elon Musk, and he will continue to reduce waste, fraud and abuse in our federal government on behalf of the American people.”
Insiders say that Trump is deeply aware that De Veke threatens to break with the basis he has helped to facilitate his return to power and if the gap cannot be restored, reforming or even breaking – the Maga movement in the coming years.
Bannon's allies even openly float his name as a presidential competition from 2028, encouraged by his surprising second place in the CPAC Straw polling-a result that indicates his permanent grip on Maga's most hard elements.
For now, Trump is trapped between two titans from the right, each with his own vision of the movement. Bannon, the combat-scarred populist warrior, or musk, the billionaire outsider.
