Why does Bannon think British led Americans in anti-globalism? Why does he say Trump was empowered by Brexit, when the things he cites were not fully possible when Trump was stifled by Mueller investigation but still progressed anyway?
He's a little too blithe in dismissing the steadily growing power of Tea Party types that increased in strength and in numbers through election cycles even as their name was dropped. Their name disappeared, and from Washington p.o.v., their using government departments against Tea Party worked, but those people didn't go anywhere and their resolve hardened to action with clearly observable results. Bannon has it backwards, the Tea Party led Europe, and Trump led Brexit, and gave example to Europe, not the other way around. For all his perspicacity he does have his blind spots.
It was Tea Party that did all of this. They gave the U.S. Trump and it is Trump who gave clear voice to nationalism. Farage was risible British crackpot before Trump. LePen was far-right before Trump and now she is mainstream.
It was Tea Party that did all of this. They gave the U.S. Trump and it is Trump who gave clear voice to nationalism. Farage was risible British crackpot before Trump. LePen was far-right before Trump and now she is mainstream.
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Agree that he downplays the role of the predicting Tea Party but he is right that Trump brought out a different demo, the lower working class. The interviewer did a fine job and barely interrupted at all, esp compared to a lot of cable interviewers. She cues him up to respond to the lefty talking points (Merkel, Pope, that he left the admin) and those talking points are annoying to hear but that’s not her fault and he handled them easily. Merkel whining about antisemitism is ridiculous! Horrible creature !
Preexisting (Tea Party)
Don't know it was the Tea Party as much as it was part of a dialectic starting with Reagan.
Trump's always struck me as about as un-Tea Party as you can get.
YMMV
Bannon just spent the last year touring Europe and stirring up the forces which emerged. I don't know what he's hiding. Maybe he doesn't want people to connect the dots. He should stop withe the personal credit when it comes to Trump.
You could go back before Reagan to the silent majority years. There’s always the sensible people who aren’t swayed by hype. Trump, with Bannon’s help I think, appealed to the lower middles who either were still auto-voting for lefties or not voting at all. I don’t mind him taking credit for his part in that and exporting lessons to other countries.
Mueller about to help Pelosi rein in the impeachocrats. My prediction.
Or not. Deep State Reptile.
Ross Perot was, I think, more predictive of Trump than the Tea Party. The Tea Party was more about fiscal restraint. Perot was an anti-globalist before it even hit the fan.
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