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 is ramping up public attacks on billionaire Elon Musk amid an intensifying debate on the right about Musk’s influence in the incoming administration. In an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera this past week,

Bannon leveled numerous insults against Trump’s wealthy ally, labelling him “evil” and urging him to return to his native South Africa.