As the man who constructed the intellectual framework of the MAGA movement, Bannon had for years preached the importance of building a populist message with broad appeal across many demographics. His ideal GOP would keep its focus on battling the “elites” rather than get distracted by culture-war squabbles;

CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and X (formerly Twitter) — was a generous donor to President-elect Donald Trump's 2024 campaign. And Trump is thanking him by offering a position in a proposed new federal government agency: the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE),