Not one to mince words, Steve Bannon, Trump’s Chief White House strategist, eviscerated the mainstream media during an interview last night. Commenting on their coverage of the Trump campaign, Bannon lambasted the disconnect of the media from everyday Americans saying, “They don’t understand this country. They still do not understand why Donald Trump is the president of the United States.” Per Axios:
“The media should be embarrassed and humiliated and keep its mouth shut and just listen for awhile,” Mr. Bannon said during a telephone call. “I want you to quote this,” Mr. Bannon added. “The media here is the opposition party. They don’t understand this country. They still do not understand why Donald Trump is the president of the United States.”
“The elite media got it dead wrong, 100 percent dead wrong,” Mr. Bannon said of the election, calling it “a humiliating defeat that they will never wash away, that will always be there.”
In Part One of this article I discussed the arrival of Grey Champions in previous Fourth Turnings; their attributes, deficiencies, and leadership skills; and why Donald Trump is the Grey Champion of this Fourth Turning – whether you like it or not. Now I will try to make sense of what could happen next.
“Our movement is about replacing a failed and corrupt political establishment with a new government controlled by you, the American people. The establishment has trillions of dollars at stake in this election. For those who control the levers of power in Washington and for the global special interests, they partner with these people that don’t have your good in mind. The political establishment that is trying to stop us is the same group responsible for our disastrous trade deals, massive illegal immigration and economic and foreign policies that have bled our country dry.
It’s a global power structure that is responsible for the economic decisions that have robbed our working class, stripped our country of its wealth and put that money into the pockets of a handful of large corporations and political entities. The only thing that can stop this corrupt machine is you. The only force strong enough to save our country is us. The only people brave enough to vote out this corrupt establishment is you, the American people.” – Donald Trump
Seventy year old Donald Trump has assumed the Grey Champion flagstaff. In an increasingly chaotic world, normal working class Americans in flyover country were seeking a leader who could bring order, defeat the corrupt establishment, make tough decisions, and capture the zeitgeist of this moment in history. The ruling elite oligarchs and their fawning minions, occupying their strongholds in New York, California, Illinois, and D.C., are infuriated the peasants have dared to resist. In their secretive secure spaces, the elites are plotting with one purpose in mind – this uprising must be quelled.
Moments ago, the Hollywood Reporter released the much anticipated Michael Wolff interview with Steve Bannon, the controversial president-elect’s chief strategist. As a preface, Wolff reveals that Bannon – unlike virtually anyone else in the “credible” media – predicted exactly how things would play out:
In late summer when I went up to see Steve Bannon, recently named CEO of the Donald Trump presidential campaign, in his office at Trump Tower in New York, he outlined a preposterous-sounding scenario. Trump, he said, would do surprisingly well among women, Hispanics and African-Americans, in addition to working men, and hence take Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan — and therefore the election. On Nov. 15, when I went back to Trump Tower, Bannon, promoted by the president-elect to chief strategist for the incoming administration, and by the media as the official symbol of all things hateful and virulent about the coming Trump presidency, said, as matter-of-factly as when he first sketched it out for me, “I told you so.”
Perhaps Trump naming Bannon “chief strategist” is not a bad idea.
Kind of a shocking announcement from the Trump campaign this morning. The Donald and I now have something in common. In my early blogging years I seemed to attract the attention of some mainstream media outlets. Glenn Beck and Neil Cavuto both asked me to be on their shows. I declined. Then I started getting emails from someone named Steve Bannon.
It was late 2009. He said he was a documentary film director and he was making a movie about the financial crisis. He had been reading my articles prior to and after the crisis and he wanted me to be in his documentary. I politely declined. But he was persistent. He was going to be in NYC interviewing other people for the documentary and convinced me to participate. I worked all day. Jumped on an Amtrak train at 5:30. Went to the hotel where they were recording. They put makeup on me and put me in front of the camera and told me to start talking. I was as nervous as hell, but I did it. I took the train back and was in bed by 12:30 am.
Months later in 2010, the documentary Generation Zero came out. I brought my wife and kids to NYC for the world premier. I was in the movie for a total of about 30 seconds, but I was in it. I kept in touch with Steve for a couple years, but after he took over Breitbart we haven’t connected. He seemed like a decent guy. I hope he can help Trump.
In case you’re interested, here’s the documentary. He also believes in the Fourth Turning theory and used it in the movie. Neil Howe is the star of the film.
Trump Hires Breitbart Chairman As Campaign CEO In Latest Shake Up To “Boost Sagging Polls”
In the latest surprise move involving his key political advisors, overnight Donald Trump revealed the latest shake up to his presidential campaign, the second in two months, hiring a top executive from Breitbart News and promoting a senior adviser in an effort to “right his faltering campaign” according to the NYT.
Oh Boy!!! Is the Administrator somehow mixed up in the murder of a conservative website mogul by the President of the U.S.? This could do wonders for visitor counts. You will notice the name Steve Bannon in the story below. This is the same Steve Bannon who directed my movie debut in GENERATION ZERO. I’ve since been on his radio show and have kept up an email correspondence with him. He’s a good guy. But, his movie was financially backed by Citizens United, before the Supreme Court ruling. I consider that one strike. A few months ago he contacted me about getting involved in one of Breitbart’s new ventures. Bannon is or was creating a new website called Big Finance and he asked me if I was interested in being the editor of the site. In my opinion, Breithbart was too far to the right. He supported Palin and the neo-con fringe of the Republican party. I let the whole thing drop. There is no way I could support the right wing neo-con agenda of the Republican party. It sounds like Bannon is ready to pick up the mantle and continue to the war against Obama. I suggest he stay away from small planes and make sure he knows who prepared his meals.
Filmmaker Steve Bannon: Breitbart‘s Tapes of Obama’s College Years to Be Released in 7 to 10 Days
I have videos, this election we’re going to vet him,” new media mogul Andrew Breitbart proclaimed at this year’s CPAC event.
Breitbart was, of course, referring to clips that allegedly show President Barack Obama during his college days — videos that the media leader claimed would show “why racial division and class warfare are central to what hope and change was sold in 2008.”
These tapes, which have inspired conspiracy theories surrounding what led to Breitbart’s death on Thursday of natural causes at the age of 43, are now purportedly going to be released (Glenn Beck has strongly cautioned viewers against jumping to conclusions connecting the tapes to Breitbart’s death).
On Thursday evening, Steve Bannon, a writer and documentary filmmaker (“The Undefeated”), told FOX News‘ Sean Hannity that Breitbart’s company will release the mysterious Obama Harvard tapes within seven to 10 days.
After Hannity brought up the tapes that Breitbart said “would change this election,” Bannon gave more information regarding when the public can expect to see them.
“There‘s a set of tapes and we’re going through it,” Bannon announced. “The staff…the guys are going through a series of tapes of President Obama at Harvard and…we’ll come back to you in a week or two and show them here on the Hannity show.”
“In one week, we’ll have these tapes?,” Hannity asked.
Bannon confirmed that they should be ready for release in a week to 10 days.
Watch the interview with Bannon, below (comments begin around 3:50):
