There have been increasing calls from the left and the right for the removal of the former editor of Breitbart News. In the American Prospect story, headlined “Steve Bannon, unrepentant”, Trump’s top aide said: “We’re at economic war with China. I’m getting Susan Thornton [acting head of east Asian and Pacific affairs] out at state.”The State Department and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Wednesday night. Bannon dismissed the far right as “irrelevant”, Kuttner wrote, quoting the Trump aide as saying: “Ethno-nationalism – it’s losers. The president tried to downplay Bannon’s influence on his campaign at the recent press conference, saying, “I like Mr Bannon.

Source: The Guardian August 17, 2017 02:03 UTC