Stephen Bannon's no longer a part of President Donald Trump's White House crew, according to The New York Times, and confirmed by various other outlets. He was booted by his boss, President Donald Trump.
The advisor was perhaps the most contentious appointment Trump made—a white nationalist and alt-right media mogul who seemed to bulldoze his way to Trump's side during the presidential campaign, and for a brief, weird, terrible moment in time, actually a member of the National Security Council.
Yeah: That happened. In the last year.
Bannon's departure may mark a victory for the older brand of American conservatism over white nationalism, but some believe Bannon will torment the White House from the outside. The former advisor was perhaps the most official representation of the trolling and memeing "shitlords" of the alt-right, a collection of racists, xenophobes, and white supremacists who know how to use memes to spread their messages from reddit to 4chan to Twitter and beyond. Read more...
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