Top story: White House chief strategist gives accidental interviewGood morning – Warren Murray bringing you today’s briefing. Donald Trump’s top White House strategist, Steve Bannon, has laid out his apocalyptic world view in a repeat of the Anthony Scaramucci affair. Bannon called up the magazine’s co-editor Robert Kuttner out of the blue and eagerly laid out his agenda. With the Trump administration under siege over its response to Charlottesville, Bannon brushed off the deadly violence as the antics of a “collection of clowns” who were “irrelevant … It’s a fringe element. Sign upIf you would like to receive the Guardian Morning Briefing by email every weekday at 7am, sign up here.

Source: The Guardian August 17, 2017 05:26 UTC