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This was published yesterday, did not take long to materialize:
Donald Trumps chief strategist Steve Bannon is now firmly in Anthony Scaramucci territory after a revealing phone call to the editor of a left-wing publication saw him dismiss the Charlottesville protesters as a collection of clowns; reveal that the U.S. was losing an economic war with China; and undermine his own president by saying there is no military solution to North Koreas nuclear threats.
Bannons comments were published late Wednesday by American Prospect, a left-leaning publication that had just equated Trump to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, referring to them as arrogant fools.
Bannon is already on thin ice with newly appointed chief of Staff John Kelly reportedly unhappy with the influence he wields in the White House. When asked about Bannons future, Trump said Tuesday: Well see.
According to allies, Bannon did not believe he was conducting an on-the-record interview with the sites co-founder and co-editor Robert Kuttner, leading to an obvious comparison with Anthony Scaramucci, who was fired as communications director following a foul-mouthed tirade against his colleagues in a phone call with New Yorker reporter Ryan Lizza.
https://news.vice.com/story/steve-bannon-just-pulled-a-scaramucci
underpants
(182,949 posts)But that interview was the last straw. Bannon supposedly had already given his resignation before the interview.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,131 posts)bombing them anyway.
uponit7771
(90,367 posts)... they were on the record then they're too stupid to operate a vehicle.
procon
(15,805 posts)power without knowing how to play the PR game to the max. They have both exploited their status to manipulate the media toward their own ends, and this latest brouhaha is no different. Bannon, at the very least, has known his number was up, his neck was on the chopping block and Kelly was sharpening the axe.