Steve Bannon just pulled a Scaramucci

This was published yesterday, did not take long to materialize:

Donald Trump’s chief strategist Steve Bannon is now firmly in Anthony Scaramucci territory after a revealing phone call to the editor of a left-wing publication saw him dismiss the Charlottesville protesters as “a collection of clowns”; reveal that the U.S. was losing an “economic war” with China; and undermine his own president by saying “there is no military solution” to North Korea’s nuclear threats.

Bannon’s comments were published late Wednesday by American Prospect, a left-leaning publication that had just equated Trump to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, referring to them as “arrogant fools.”

Bannon is already on thin ice with newly appointed chief of Staff John Kelly reportedly unhappy with the influence he wields in the White House. When asked about Bannon’s future, Trump said Tuesday: “We’ll see.”

According to allies, Bannon did not believe he was conducting an on-the-record interview with the site’s co-founder and co-editor Robert Kuttner, leading to an obvious comparison with Anthony Scaramucci, who was fired as communications director following a foul-mouthed tirade against his colleagues in a phone call with New Yorker reporter Ryan Lizza.

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