The cracks between the tech broligarchs who are now flocking around Trump and the populist MAGA movement that launched him began to reveal themselves in late December when the provocateur Laura Loomer started attacking the H-1B visa, which facilitates the staffing of a significant portion of the tech industry.

Mark Zuckerberg is reshaping Facebook and Instagram to align with Donald Trump’s vision, following Elon Musk’s lead with X. MSNBC’s Ari Melber is joined by former RNC Chair Michael Steele to discuss.

In recent weeks, Trump’s coalition has split in a public debate largely taking place online about the tech industry’s hiring of foreign workers. Hard-right members of Trump’s movement have accused Musk and others in Trump’s new flank of tech-world supporters of pushing policies at odds with Trump’s “America First” vision.

Steve Bannon said Tuesday that tech billionaire Elon Musk is “not gonna be totally out” of the MAGA movement, even as the former adviser to President-elect Trump has lobbed criticism at the tech billionaire.

Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon's latest attack on Elon Musk continues an ongoing battle for control of the Republican Party.

Steve Bannon, President-elect Donald Trump’s former advisor who helped steer conservative media into the arms of the xenophobic far-right, has vowed to get Trump’s new favorite confidant booted from the White House orbit before next week’s inauguration.

The “civil war” in MAGA world is ratcheting up, with longtime Trump supporter Steve Bannon joining the fray by calling tech entrepreneur Elon Musk a “truly evil guy” who must be purged from the political movement led by the president-elect.

Donald Trump loves it because people are fighting over him. There’s nothing a narcissist loves more than that.”