BBC Radio: A Beginner’s Guide to Steve Bannon’s Demotion

Posted by Scott Lucas | Apr 6, 2017 | 0

Who is White House chief strategist Steve Bannon? Why was he demoted from the Principals Committee of the National Security Council? Why was he on it in the first place?

And is this the end of the hard-right ideologue or can he still have Donald Trump’s ear whenever he desires?

As the National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster — supported by the Pentagon — establishes his authority in the Trump Administration, I explain why the “adults took back control from the children in the national security playground”.

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TOP PHOTO: Steve Bannon with Donald Trump soon after the November 2016 election

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Scott Lucas

Scott Lucas is Professor of International Politics at the Clinton Institute, University College Dublin; Professor Emeritus of International Politics at the University of Birmingham; and editor-in-chief of EA WorldView.He is a specialist in US and British foreign policy and international relations, especially the Middle East and Iran. Formerly he worked as a journalist in the US, writing for newspapers including the Guardian and The Independent and was an essayist for The New Statesman before he founded EA WorldView in November 2008.

BBC Radio: A Beginner’s Guide to Steve Bannon’s Demotion

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