Steve Bannon who has been the lightning rod for the Trump Administration has returned to Breitbart where he is the Executive Chairman. His departure from his position as White House Chief Strategist is seen as the biggest political shakeup of the year.
Steve Bannon who has been a controversial figure was removed from the White House as Chief Strategist on Friday 18 August 2017. Credit: Getty Images
Bannon, the anti-elite insurgent and leading voice of the Conservative movement exited the White House a much more prominent figure and “populist hero” than a year ago.
“The populist-nationalist movement got a lot stronger today,” read a statement from Breitbart News Editor-In-Chief.
“If there’s any confusion out there, let me clear it up,” said Bannon to Bloomberg’s Joshua Green. “I’m leaving the White House and going to war for Trump against his opponents – on Capitol Hill, in the media and in corporate America.”
Steve Bannon who has total disdain for “globalists” has become more powerful and dangerous on the outside than inside. Steve Bannon (R), Gary Cohn (C) and Jared Kushner (L) who is Ivanka Trump’s husband. Credit: AFP/Getty Images
Hours after his departure, Mr. Bannon was already back in charge at Breitbart chairing the evening editorial meeting.
“Now I’m free. I’ve got my hands back on my weapons,” said a “jacked up” Bannon to the Weekly Standard. “Someone said ‘It’s Bannon The Barbarian’. I am definitely going to crush the opposition.”
Now unencumbered and no longer constrained by protocol, the former WH Chief Strategist, Hollywood producer and news executive who has a strong powerbase is setting his targets on his “enemies” including “West Wing Democrats” whom he said are “wetting themselves” of his agenda.
Steve Bannon is ready to wag war on his “enemies”, globalists and “West Wing Democrats” in the White House. Credit: AP/Carolyn Kaster
Steve Bannon also expressed his frustration with establishment Republicans for not supporting Trump’s agenda and how they want to see his administration fail. His cited this as the main reason for departing the White House and
“The Trump presidency that we fought for, and won, is over,” he told Weekly Standard. “We still have a huge movement, and we will make something of this Trump presidency. But that presidency is over. It’ll be something else. And there’ll be all kinds of fights, and there’ll be good days and bad days, but that presidency is over.”
Mr. Bannon who boasts of building “an essential machine at Breitbart” who is now a powerful force to be reckoned with is ready to launch an all-out smear campaign media war on those “enemies” hampering President Trump’s agenda from being fulfilled.
Steve Bannon the thinker and great strategist exited the most powerful person in the media and political world. Credit: Matt McClain/Washington Post
Those establishment politicians from both parties who wanted Steve Bannon gone are now more worried that on the outside, the savvy strategist who has threatened “war”, now has a huge megaphone and bully pulpit at the Meyer-backed Breitbart News at his disposal to carry out his agenda unconstrained.
Even Democrats can’t hide their concerns. “Look, he’s a force to be reckoned with,” said veteran Democratic pollster Pat Caddell who has worked with Bannon. “He’s willing to engage in the political combat and so I expect he’ll be doing that. His sense of history and the moment are very powerful. He will be in the fight, for sure.”
Bannon may be out but he exited the White House as a very powerful force who can no longer be silenced as he returns to his biggest platform armed with what he learnt from inside the corridors of power in swampy Washington DC.
Steven Bannpn has put everyone on notice, he is going to “war” for President Trump against his “enemies.” Credit: Getty Images
Now that he is out, his detractors are wishing he were back in the Whitehouse where he could at least be contained. With what he has learnt on the inside, Steve Bannon is now the most dangerous person on the outside where he is ready to wage a protracted political guerilla war on an elevated platform of Breitbart News with the assistance of the wealthy Conservative Mercer family!
Mr. Bannon who submitted his resignation two weeks ago to President Trump, left the White House as Chief Strategist on Friday saying it was time to move on. He acknowledged he had not planned to be at the White House for not more than 6 months.
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