From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bannon
Bannon was an officer in the United States Navy for seven years in the late 1970s and early 1980s, serving on the destroyer USS Paul F. Foster as a surface warfare officer in the Pacific Fleet and stateside as a special assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations at the Pentagon.[34] Upon his departure he was ranked as a lieutenant (O-3).
After his military service, Bannon worked at Goldman Sachs as an investment banker in the Mergers and Acquisitions Department.[36]When he left the company he held the position of vice president.[37][b] In 1990, Bannon and several colleagues from Goldman Sachs launched Bannon & Co., a boutique investment bank specializing in media. Through this company, Bannon negotiated the sale of Castle Rock Entertainment to Ted Turner. As payment, Bannon & Co. accepted a financial stake in five television shows, including Seinfeld. Société Générale purchased Bannon & Co. in 1998.[32]
In 1993, while still managing Bannon & Co., Bannon was made acting director of the Earth-science research project Biosphere 2 in Oracle, Arizona. Under Bannon, the project shifted emphasis from researching space exploration and colonization toward pollution and global warming. He left the project in 1995.[39][40]
In the 1990s, Bannon ventured into the entertainment and media industry. He became an executive producer in the Hollywood film and media industry. Bannon produced 18 films[26] from the 1992 Sean Penn drama The Indian Runner to executive producing Julie Taymor’s 1999 film Titus. Bannon became a partner with entertainment industry executive Jeff Kwatinetz at The Firm, Inc., a film and television management company.[32]
In 2004, Bannon made a documentary about Ronald Reagan titled In the Face of Evil. Through the making and screening of this film, Bannon was introduced to Peter Schweizer and publisher Andrew Breitbart, who would later describe him as the Leni Riefenstahl of the Tea Party movement.[32] He was involved in the financing and production of a number of films, including Fire from the Heartland: The Awakening of the Conservative Woman, The Undefeated (on Sarah Palin), and Occupy Unmasked.
Bannon persuaded Goldman Sachs to invest, in 2006, in a company known as Internet Gaming Entertainment.[41] Following a lawsuit, the company rebranded as Affinity Media and Bannon took over as CEO. From 2007 through 2011, Bannon was the chair and CEO of Affinity Media.[42][43]
In 2007, Bannon wrote an eight-page treatment for a new documentary called Destroying the Great Satan: The Rise of Islamic Facism (sic) in America. The outline describes Council on American-Islamic Relations and the Islamic Society of North America as “cultural jihadists”. Bannon wrote the outline himself, and it labels the Washington Post, the New York Times, NPR, “Universities and the Left”, the “American Jewish Community”, the ACLU, the CIA, the FBI, the State Department, and the White House as “enablers” of a covert mission to establish an Islamic Republic in the United States.[44] In 2011, Bannon spoke at the “Liberty Restoration Foundation” in Orlando, Florida about the Economic Crisis of 2008, the potential impact on Medicare and Medicaid, and his 2010 film Generation Zero.[45]
Bannon was executive chair and co-founder of the Government Accountability Institute, a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization, where he helped orchestrate the publication of the book Clinton Cash,[32][46] from its founding in 2012 until he left in August 2016.[47] For the years 2012 through 2015, he received between $81,000 and $100,000 each year; the organization reported that he worked an average of 30 hours per week for the organization.[47]
In 2015, Bannon was ranked No. 19 on Mediaite’s list of the “25 Most Influential in Political News Media 2015”.[48]
Bannon also hosted a radio show (Breitbart News Daily) on the SiriusXM Patriot satellite radio channel.[49]
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Sean Spicer said that if Lt. Gen. Herbert Raymond McMaster does not want such a person on the National Security Council, President Donald J. Trump would seriously consider it. What, do you think, are the chances of that happening?
The Deep State could use some civilian oversight. The IC seems to be on net after Trump. Trump needs a visible mole to let the sun shine in....
I am a bit nervous about McMaster, as I posted above. I know that Bannon understands the threat of Islam, not just “ISIS”.
One of my favorite films.
Yeah, Bannon has quite a background, with degrees from Georgetown and an MBA from Harvard, an officer in the U.S. Navy for 7 years, VP at Goldman Sachs, founder of major media outlets, entertainment producer, et al. I WANT this guy as Trump’s confidant!.
I hope that Trump sticks with Bannon. He’s getting surrounded by too many establishment friendly people. He needs the loyalists that share his views.
Too many GOPe types getting in and co-opting Trump, saw this with Reagan. I still wish Flynn had stayed. JMHO
Bannon 2024