Donald Trump reached out to Steve Bannon last month and urged his former chief strategist to stop attacking Elon Musk and arrange a private sitdown with the president’s “first buddy,” according to The New York Times.
The request came as Bannon, who uses the War Room podcast to promote his far-right populist agenda, has pushed for a “MAGA civil war” against Musk — especially now that the DOGE leader’s slash-and-burn approach to cutting government spending has become increasingly unpopular.
