David Von Drehle, Time: Is Steve Bannon the Second Most Powerful Man in the World?
Most modern Presidents chart their opening moves with the help of a friendly think tank or a set of long-held beliefs.
Donald Trump's first steps had the feel of a documentary film made by his chief strategist and alter ego Stephen K. Bannon, a director who deploys ravenous sharks, shrieking tornadoes and mushroom clouds as reliably as John Ford shot Monument Valley.
Act I of the Trump presidency has been filled with disruption, as promised by Trump and programmed by Bannon, with plenty of resistance in reply, from both inside and outside the government. Perhaps this should not be surprising. Trump told America many times in 2016 that his would be no ordinary Administration. Having launched his campaign as a can-do chief executive, he came to see himself as the leader of a movement--and no movement is complete without its commissar. Bannon is the one who keeps the doctrine pure, the true believer, who is in it not for money or position, but to change history. "What we are witnessing now is the birth of a new political order," Bannon wrote in an email to the Washington Post.
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Update: Can anyone inside or outside the White House stop Stephen Bannon? (Josh Rogin, Washington Post)
WNU Editor: Is Steve Bannon an important person in the Trump administration .... definitely. Is he the world's second most powerful person .... this is where this Time article lost me. For a better understanding on Steve Bannon's role in the Trump administration and what to expect, go here .... This Is How The Trump Presidency Will Operate (November 19, 2016).
