Steve Bannon will "do anything" anything to keep Elon Musk out of the incoming administration, the former Trump White House adviser said in a new interview. Why it matters: The conservative media firebrand's comments to Corriere della Sera about the tech billionaire marks an escalation in a MAGA-world civil war over immigration as Trump prepares to begin his second term.

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is softening his tone on Trump campaign financier turned adviser Elon Musk just days after he vowed to push the Tesla and SpaceX CEO out of the incoming president’s orbit over Musk’s support for a controversial technology worker visa program.

Trump ally Steve Bannon attacked Elon Musk and said he would “do anything” to keep the world’s richest person out of the White House in a new interview with an Italian newspaper, weeks after Bannon publicly derided Musk for his defense of a skilled visa program.

Tim Miller, former RNC Spokesman and host of The Bulwark Podcast and Eddie Glaude, Princeton University Professor, join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House to discuss the infighting among Donald Trump’s allies as they pit the different factions of the coalition that got Donald Trump elected for a second time.

Donald Trump’s former White House chief strategist branded the tech tycoon as a ‘truly evil person’ and said stopping him before Janaury 20 has become ‘a personal issue’

The rally in downtown Washington on the day before Trump's inauguration ceremony will also feature Hulk Hogan, Kid Rock and Village People.

CNN contributor and podcast host Kara Swisher explains why she agrees with former Trump strategist Steve Bannon about the level of power Elon Musk will have in President-elect Donald Trump’s White House.

Elon Musk is expected to speak at a Make America Great Again Victory Rally in Washington, D.C. He previously has delivered remarks at other President-elect Donald Trump events, including a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden.