“We never saw a president choose a chief strategist.” Presidential historian Michael Beschloss made this point to MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow on her show Friday night, after Maddow spent much of the hour attempting to make sense of not just Steve Bannon’s sudden — though supposedly planned — departure from the White House, but also his […]

In another sign of the Sinclair Broadcast Group’s burgeoning influence within the Republican Party, Steven Brannon touched base with company’s online news site, Circa, immediately after getting canned as Donald Trump’s chief strategist Friday. From Circa’s Sarah Carter, who has become a favorite among Republicans eager to spin the news: Steve Bannon just told me […]

Donald Trump must now prepare to do battle with his outgoing strategist, Steve Bannon, and the newly weaponized Breitbart, which Bannon is expected to rejoin. Trump reportedly hid behind his chief of staff and had him fire Bannon, despite Trump’s long-time association with the catchphrase “you’re fired.” According to multiple reports, Bannon plans to use the […]

Capping the worst week of his terrible and unpopular presidency, Donald Trump is forcing out top strategist Steve Bannon. According to reports, Trump is not removing Bannon due to his extensive history promoting racism or xenophobia but because his ego clashed with Trump and often overshadowed him. Reporting from earlier in the year indicated that […]

When award-winning underwater cinematographer Lawrence Curtis moved into the lush Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami, he had no idea the house he was renting would become a national story. But that’s because he didn’t know the prior tenant was Steve Bannon, adviser to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and now the chief strategist in the White […]

Despite his blustering persona of a tough-talking, New York City street fighter, it turns out Donald Trump can’t even stand up to members of his own inner circle, especially his embattled chief strategist Steve Bannon. “The president obviously is very nervous and afraid of firing him,” a White House source tells Reuters. Trump has been […]