Steve Bannon Was Doomed
He was damned the moment he was cast as a puppeteer. That means there’s a puppet in the equation, and no politician is going to accept that designation
.. Trump went so far as to suggest that he was barely acquainted with Bannon before August 2016, when Bannon joined his presidential campaign. Wrong. Trump had been a guest on the radio show that Bannon used to host nine times.
.. He didn’t grapple with who Trump really is. Trump’s allegiances are fickle. His attention flits. His compass is popularity, not any fixed philosophy, certainly not the divisive brand of populism and nationalism that Bannon was trying to enforce.
Bannon insisted on an ideology when Trump cares more about applause
.. He has means for revenge. He also has a history of it.
.. Bannon’s deputy, Stephen Miller, who has been cozying up to Kushner
.. if you want to be the Svengali, you have to play the sycophant. That was a performance beyond Bannon’s ken.