Bannon steps down from Breitbart News after drawing fire from Trump

 

FILE PHOTO: White House Chief Strategist Stephen Bannon speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., February 23, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts /File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Steve Bannon has stepped down as executive chairman of Breitbart News, the right-wing news website said on Tuesday, after he drew fire from President Donald Trump for comments that harshly criticized Trump's eldest son.

 

Bannon was quoted in a new book about the Trump White House as calling Donald Trump Jr. "treasonous" and "unpatriotic" for meeting during the 2016 presidential campaign with a Russian lawyer who was said to have damaging information on Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.

 

The comments drew a furious response from President Trump, who said Bannon "had lost his mind."

 

Bannon later said his "treasonous" comment was directed at a former Trump campaign manager, Paul Manafort, who also attended the meeting at Trump Tower. The author of the book, Michael Wolff, disputed Bannon's account.

 

Wolff's book, "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House," characterized Trump as mentally unstable, inept and unprepared for the presidency.

 

Bannon joined Breitbart in 2012 and helped raise the profile of the news site, which he once called the platform for the so-called alt-right, a loose confederation of neo-Nazis, white supremacists and anti-Semites.

 

"I’m proud of what the Breitbart team has accomplished in so short a period of time in building out a world-class news platform," Bannon said in a statement cited by Breitbart News.

 

Bannon did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters.

 

Breitbart Chief Executive Larry Solov, in a statement on the organization's website, called Bannon "a valued part of our legacy."

 

"We will always be grateful for his contributions, and what he has helped us to accomplish," Solov said.

 

(Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Tim Ahmann)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-01-10

22 minutes ago, webfact said:

Bannon joined Breitbart in 2012 and helped raise the profile of the news site, which he once called the platform for the so-called alt-right, a loose confederation of neo-Nazis, white supremacists and anti-Semites.

In this case. "steps down" is another way of saying "tossed out on your ass". There was nothing voluntary about this at all.

 

Steve Bannon is the human equivalent of a dirty, week-old, used, urine-soaked coffee filter.

 

Good riddance.

 

Breitbart will survive. Big money behind it. 

53 minutes ago, webfact said:

"I’m proud of what the Breitbart team has accomplished in so short a period of time in building out a world-class news platform," Bannon said in a statement cited by Breitbart News.

news platform....ha ha ha ha ha ha. Minister of Propaganda Goebbels would be proud of the type of news on Bretibart

He looks familiar 

11 minutes ago, mamypoko said:

He looks familiar 

Mattel used him for the "Ken" model in the "Disheveled and Broken Ken and Barbie" special edition

1 down 4 to go. keep up the pressure into November.

 

I'm waiting for the inevitable "Steve Bannon was a Deep State plant to discredit the right" show on Fox and Friends.

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2 hours ago, Samui Bodoh said:

In this case. "steps down" is another way of saying "tossed out on your ass". There was nothing voluntary about this at all.

 

Steve Bannon is the human equivalent of a dirty, week-old, used, urine-soaked coffee filter.

 

Good riddance.

 

No need to hold back on here. Just tell us what you really think...

Trump's amnesty for dreamers and tax breaks for the rich made a fool of Bannon. Trump's populism proved only for election purposes. 

9 hours ago, Somtamnication said:

Breitbart will survive. Big money behind it. 

I am sure you are correct, the KKK still survives so why not Breitbart.  Personally I hope they do survive and continue to make complete fools of themselves.  We all need something to chuckle over.

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