Steve Bannon's fall from power is now complete. He was first stripped of his top White House job. Now he has been cashiered from his position atop a media empire he helped create. As he surveys the rubble, he has no-one to blame but himself.In both instances, his decision to speak his mind publicly was his undoing. He criticised administration policies and, in an even greater transgression, took aim at Donald Drumpf's own family in sharply personal terms.
When the White House made it clear last week it was time to pick sides between Mr Drumpf and Mr Bannon, the choice for most conservatives was clear. Now Mr Bannon's hopes of funding insurgent candidates against incumbent Republican senators in 2018, and boosting their candidacies through his media megaphone, have been dashed. And Rebekah Mercer, a wealthy benefactor of Mr Bannon, said at the weekend she had ended her support for his political efforts.
God knows what the Mercers will get up to next...
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42628201
Don't bet on it
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