Trump ally Steve Bannon pledges to 'take... down' Elon Musk

"I will have Elon Musk run out of here by Inauguration Day," said Bannon, a former Trump White House adviser. "He will not have full access to the White House. He will be like any other person."

"He is a truly evil guy, a very bad guy," Bannon continued. "I made it my personal thing to take this guy down. Before, because he put money in, I was prepared to tolerate it; I'm not prepared to tolerate it anymore."

"This thing of the H-1B visas, it's about the entire immigration system is gamed by the tech overlords, they use it to their advantage, the people are furious," Bannon said.

"There is a permanent shortage of excellent engineering talent," he said in a post. "It is the fundamental limiting factor in Silicon Valley."

Bannon said Musk "should go back" to South Africa. 

"Why do we have South Africans, the most racist people on earth, White South Africans, we have them making any comments at all on what goes on in the United States?" Bannon said.

"He will do anything to make sure that any one of his companies is protected or has a better deal or he makes more money," Bannon said of Musk. "His aggregation of wealth, and then - through wealth - power: that's what he's focused on."

Bannon was released from prison in October after completing a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a subpoena related to a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, incident at the U.S. Capitol. 

Trump has in the past criticized the H-1B visas, calling them "very bad" and "unfair" for U.S. workers, and even unveiled a "Hire American" policy that directed changes to the program to try to ensure the visas were awarded to the highest-paid or most-skilled applicants.

Fox News Digital's Adam Shaw and The Associated Press contributed to this report.