“Ousted White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon returned to the conservative Breitbart News website on Friday and said he’ll be ‘going to war’ for President Donald Trump, vowing to intensify from the outside the fight he has waged against opponents of his brand of populist conservatism.
“’If there’s any confusion out there, let me clear it up: I’m leaving the White House and going to war for Trump against his opponents -- on Capitol Hill, in the media, and in corporate America,’ Bannon said Friday in an interview with Bloomberg News hours after his departure was announced,” according to Bloomberg News.
“Steve Bannon’s days at the White House are over, but questions remain over how much influence — or chaos — he will cause from the outside.
“While the chief strategist’s ouster is a victory for new White House chief of staff John Kelly and his goal of eliminating leaks and bringing order to the Oval Office, some believe Bannon could be an even more disruptive force for the Trump administration from the outside.
“Bannon returned to Breitbart News immediately after his departure. He had turned the news site into a right-wing juggernaut as chairman before joining the Trump campaign.
“’Steve’s allies in the populist-nationalist movement are ready to ride to the gates of hell with him against the West Wing Democrats and globalists like [deputy national security adviser] Dina Powell, Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump, [economic adviser] Gary Cohn and [national security adviser] H.R. McMaster,’ said one Bannon ally.
“They should all be very worried that their efforts to undermine the president will be exposed,” the ally continued. ‘If they think what’s happened with Steve is rough, wait until they see what he does outside the White House.’”
By Jonathan Easley And Jordan Fabian
