The White House Should Question Bannon’s Loyalties, Says Wall Street Journal Editorial Board
- 7 years ago
The loyalties of White House chief strategist Steve Bannon are being questioned in a recent Wall Street editorial board op-ed which blames him for turmoil in the administration as well as for recent attacks on national security adviser H.R. McMaster.
The loyalties of White House chief strategist Steve Bannon are being questioned in a recent Wall Street Journal editorial board op-ed which blames him for turmoil in the administration as well as for recent attacks on national security adviser H.R. McMaster.
The column says “...rather than question the general’s loyalties, perhaps [chief of staff John] Kelly should question Mr. Bannon’s. The former Breitbart publisher has been a White House survivor, but his warring habits have also been responsible for much of the White House dysfunction.”
The board also claims that Bannon’s “alt-right brigades” have “decided to assail the general as insufficiently pro-Israel and not hostile enough to Islamic State, among other calumnies.”
Several news outlets have reported on the conflict between the two men which seems to have stemmed, at least in part, from McMaster’s dismissal of some NSC, or National Security Council, officials who either had a relationship with Bannon or didn’t follow NSC protocols.
According to The Atlantic, “McMaster’s show of force has set off alarm bells among Bannon allies in the pro-Trump media sphere, who favored [Michael] Flynn [whom he replaced] and regard the national-security adviser as a globalist interloper.”
The two are also said to vehemently disagree about issues like the U.S.’s role in Afghanistan.
Adding to the friction are reports from conservative sites like Breitbart, which Bannon used to run, Fox News, and others, which have questioned McMasters’ decisions and motivations.
In fact, a Politico report from last week says, based on inside sources, that “McMaster fumes that he believes Bannon is responsible for leaking negative information about him to the news media.”
And MSNBC host Joe Scarborough agreed with the general’s suspicions, tweeting, “Anonymous=Steve Bannon. It's sad really how much he hates an American patriot like General McMaster who has proudly served for so long.”
Perhaps in response to the attacks, President Trump recently spoke out in support, saying, “General McMaster and I are working very well together. He is a good man and very pro-Israel. I am grateful for the work he continues to do serving our country.”
The loyalties of White House chief strategist Steve Bannon are being questioned in a recent Wall Street Journal editorial board op-ed which blames him for turmoil in the administration as well as for recent attacks on national security adviser H.R. McMaster.
The column says “...rather than question the general’s loyalties, perhaps [chief of staff John] Kelly should question Mr. Bannon’s. The former Breitbart publisher has been a White House survivor, but his warring habits have also been responsible for much of the White House dysfunction.”
The board also claims that Bannon’s “alt-right brigades” have “decided to assail the general as insufficiently pro-Israel and not hostile enough to Islamic State, among other calumnies.”
Several news outlets have reported on the conflict between the two men which seems to have stemmed, at least in part, from McMaster’s dismissal of some NSC, or National Security Council, officials who either had a relationship with Bannon or didn’t follow NSC protocols.
According to The Atlantic, “McMaster’s show of force has set off alarm bells among Bannon allies in the pro-Trump media sphere, who favored [Michael] Flynn [whom he replaced] and regard the national-security adviser as a globalist interloper.”
The two are also said to vehemently disagree about issues like the U.S.’s role in Afghanistan.
Adding to the friction are reports from conservative sites like Breitbart, which Bannon used to run, Fox News, and others, which have questioned McMasters’ decisions and motivations.
In fact, a Politico report from last week says, based on inside sources, that “McMaster fumes that he believes Bannon is responsible for leaking negative information about him to the news media.”
And MSNBC host Joe Scarborough agreed with the general’s suspicions, tweeting, “Anonymous=Steve Bannon. It's sad really how much he hates an American patriot like General McMaster who has proudly served for so long.”
Perhaps in response to the attacks, President Trump recently spoke out in support, saying, “General McMaster and I are working very well together. He is a good man and very pro-Israel. I am grateful for the work he continues to do serving our country.”