“Scott Bessent today said Elon’s group in the first 30 days found $55 billion of waste, fraud, and abuse,” said Bannon, President Donald Trump’s chief White House strategist during the first several months of his first term. “$55 billion, that’s going to add up to six, seven, $800 billion. In one month, they’ve done that.”

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon appeared to mimic what many called a "Nazi salute" at the end of his speech at the Conservative Political Action Committee on Thursday.