Bannon, who dreamed of a global populist network, claimed credit for Trump’s 2016 victory but didn’t last long in the White House
When he was at the height of his power in Donald Trump’s presidential court, Steve Bannon likened himself to Thomas Cromwell, arch-schemer and right-hand man to England’s King Henry VIII. It is worth noting that Cromwell was publicly beheaded.
The arrest of Bannon on Thursday is less dramatic, but likewise marks a steep fall from grace for a man who once piqued Trump by starring on the front cover of Time magazine with headlines “The Great Manipulator” and “Is Steve Bannon the Second Most Powerful Man in the World?”
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