Former White Home aide and conservative pundit Steve Bannon says President Trump’s administration ought to launch a particular counsel investigation into Elon Musk following final week’s explosive falling out the world’s richest man had with the president final week.
“I think the best way to do it is as a special counsel that can kind of oversee everything,” Bannon said during a conversation with journalist Chuck Todd published this week. “Pull the security clearance for the drugs, temporarily, investigate the whole drug situation.”
Bannon was making reference to a New York Instances report laying out alleged drug use by Musk throughout the months main as much as the 2024 election and his time working carefully with Trump and others within the administration.
Musk, when requested concerning the alleged drug use throughout a press convention with Trump on his last day as a “special government employee,” dismissed the reporting and criticized the Instances.
The billionaire tech and media mogul, who was granted huge entry to Trump and his White Home whereas he served as head of the brand new division of presidency effectivity, publicly clashed with the president over the spending invoice Trump is making an attempt to push by means of Congress.
After Musk criticized the invoice, Trump threatened to cancel the businessman’s federal contracts and stated he requested the Tesla CEO to depart as he was “wearing thin,” whereas Musk amplified a name for Trump to get replaced with Vice President Vance.
Bannon has been a gradual critic of Musk for months, arguing the billionaire doesn’t have the president’s greatest curiosity in thoughts, calling him a “technocrat” and suggesting he be faraway from the nation.
