I'm finally getting around to reading the Bannon/American Prospect article in full. Even if you wholeheartedly despise the man, it's well worth the read.
http://prospect.org/article/steve-bannon-unrepentant
- “There’s no military solution [to North Korea’s nuclear threats], forget it. Until somebody solves the part of the equation that shows me that ten million people in Seoul don’t die in the first 30 minutes from conventional weapons, I don’t know what you’re talking about, there’s no military solution here, they got us.”
- “We’re at economic war with China. It’s in all their literature. They’re not shy about saying what they’re doing. One of us is going to be a hegemon in 25 or 30 years and it’s gonna be them if we go down this path. On Korea, they’re just tapping us along. It’s just a sideshow.”
- He dismisses the far right as irrelevant.
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"The question of whether the phone call was on or off the record never came up. This is also puzzling, since Steve Bannon is not exactly Bambi when it comes to dealing with the press. He’s probably the most media-savvy person in America."
[MENTION=7]thethe[/MENTION] FWIW, I don't think Bannon was 'fired' because his views were unwelcome in the White House or because he somehow clashed with Trump. I think he's just following in the great tradition of Trump shadow operatives like Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, and Corey Lewandowski. Frankly, it wouldn't surprise me if Bannon was tasked with testing the waters on forming a new party.