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Is (was) Steve Bannon the most over-rated political operator of all time?

I remember when he got on the front cover of Time Magazine as the 'master-manipulator'. He seemed to be seen by mainstream American liberalism as a Machiavelian genius; the brains behind the Trump operation. People clearly believe the bond-villain bombast but there was nothing to really back it up.

Instead, he reached too far too soon and got manoeuvred out of the White House. There was no subtlety in his strategy when he moved in with the travel ban, his encouragement of Trump's response to Charlottesville and generally made lots of enemies and no friends.

Though none of this would have mattered anyway, given that he was dumb enough to be trash-talking on the record to a liberal tabloid gossip reporter. Such ego. Such naivety.
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lorne13 · 61-69, M
He got used by ultra-rich trump controllers until they decided they didnt need him anymore just like he used to use people himself
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@lorne13 I've lost count of the number of people Trump has fired who were part of his Presidential campaign but now 'had nothing to do with it'.

It's the Twitter equivalence of Stalin erasing people from photos.
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Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@LvChris That is what Trump says. Bannon says he saved the campaign.

I guess Bannon did come with a lot of the Mercer money and he also had something to do with the 'Clinton Cash' book as I seem to remember. So maybe Bannon had some influence but yeah, he is an egotist. A different kind of egotist to Trump because he saw himself as an intellectual and as a great man of history. Taken down by an ex-Vanity Fair celebrity reporter... ouch.
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Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@LvChris Sorry I didn't pick up the irony. Normally you are very literal tbh. I have dry humour too, which is why I use this a lot: 😜
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