“Steve Bannon couldn't be happier with Trump's equating white supremacists with those who demonstrated against them in Charlottesville, praising Trump's shameful press conference yesterday as a ‘defining moment.’
“Bannon has been advising Trump on how to fuel the haters and bigots. Trump must fire Bannon. Now”, -- Robert Reich
Reich is wrong. Firing Steve Bannon will not accomplish anything. Trump’s the problem. Steve Bannon is just part of the evidence that President Trump is a white nationalist and racist. I say, let Steve Bannon alone. His continued presence in the Administration may lead to an early Trump impeachment.
Trump said on Tuesday that there were "two sides to the story."
"As far as I'm concerned, that was a horrible, horrible day ... You had a group on one side that was bad, and you had a group on the other side that was also very violent," Trump said. "Nobody wants to say that, but I'll say it,” Trump said.
“Bannon, well-known for his far-right and nationalist views, thoroughly approved of Trump's remarks, a ‘friend of Bannon’ told Politico. The news comes as the White House strategist has once again found himself in the limelight in recent days, amid reports that White House chief of staff John Kelly is scrutinizing Bannon's role in the West Wing.
“Bannon has also been accused of mobilizing an effort to smear national security adviser H.R. McMaster, whose views often run counter to Bannon's and those of the administration's nationalist wing.”
By Sonam Sheth
