Bannon Said to Be Planning His Return to Breitbart News
Source: NY Times
Stephen K. Bannon, who left his post on Friday as President Trump’s chief strategist, has told associates in recent days that he plans to return to Breitbart News, the provocative right-wing website that propelled him to national fame, according to two people with knowledge of his plans.
Mr. Bannon’s tenure as chairman of Breitbart coincided with the site’s move to the epicenter of the nationalist brand of right-wing conservatism that swept Mr. Trump into office last year. His return to the site — which one of the people described as happening sooner rather than later — is likely to reinvigorate Breitbart’s role as a gathering spot for Mr. Trump’s most ardent populist supporters.
A provocateur who relished creating controversy, Mr. Bannon started his White House tenure in January by declaring the news media “the opposition party,” and telling the press to “keep its mouth shut and just listen for a while.” His bracing attacks on mainstream journalists remain a defining facet of the Trump administration.
“He will use Breitbart as a battering ram,” said Ben Shapiro, a former Breitbart editor who resigned in part because of disagreements with Mr. Bannon’s leadership of the site. “Steve and subtlety have never shaken hands.”
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So Bannon, newly legitimized by having held a political position within the White House, will be rejoining Breitbart with the backing of the wealthy Mercer family. So, Breitbart will continue to host its little personal war against "Globalists" which is their code word for Jews, while at the same time, Bannon says:
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