Is Steve Bannon “toast”? It’s certainly not looking good for the White House chief strategist, said Eugene Robinson in The Washington Post.
Until quite recently, the controversial “economic nationalist” – as he likes to style himself – was seen as Donald Trump’s most influential aide (some even dubbed him the “shadow president”). But he now seems to be on the losing side of a vicious bout of West Wing infighting with the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, along with Kushner’s two key allies: his wife (and Trump’s daughter) Ivanka Trump, and the increasingly influential economics adviser, former Goldman Sachs president Gary Cohn. Not only has Bannon been obliged to stand down from the National Security Council, he has also suffered a verbal demotion. In two separate interviews last week, Donald Trump – insisting he was his own strategist – spoke belittlingly of Bannon, describing him as “a guy who works for me”. And in private, the president has reportedly complained that Bannon is “not a team player”.
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