Conservative pundit Steve Bannon joined with other conservatives at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday in praising Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency for slashing government spending.

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.

"It's pretty evident the president's using him as an armor-piercing shell that's delivering blunt force trauma against the administrative state," added Bannon in an interview