Longtime Trump loyalist Bannon has spoken out against Musk and his growing role in Trump's administration several times before, accusing Musk, the world's richest

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — French far-right leader Jordan Bardella on Friday canceled his planned remarks here at the Conservative Political Action Conference after Steve Bannon, the former adviser to President Donald Trump who is now a popular conservative podcast host, made a hand gesture that some said appeared to be a Nazi salute.

Through blunt conversations with staff and his popular podcast, Steve Bannon is trying to steer the early direction of the new Trump administration. Whether he’s having much impact inside the White House is a subject of debate.

Steve Bannon attacked Elon Musk in an interview with British outlet Unherd published Tuesday, criticizing Musk’s power and calling him “a parasitic illegal immigrant”—escalating the feud between one of President Donald Trump’s key advisers and his one-time campaign chief Bannon.

BANNON: Exactly. We've got to maybe work the Constitution too although I think there's a way to slip through there but you never know. GUEST: You've just got to keep repeating it over and over. You've got to desensitize them to it until they get used to it. BANNON: I like that, that's a psyop, you're in a psyop right now.

The 71-year-old populist helped turn Trumpism into a cult. Now he's watching on the sidelines as oligarchs devour the country.