Steve Bannon

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Stephen Kevin Bannon (born 27 November 1953) is an American media executive, political strategist, and former investment banker. He is a former executive chairman of Breitbart News.

Bannon was an officer in the United States Navy for seven years in the late 1970s and early 1980s. After his military service, he worked for two years at Goldman Sachs as an investment banker. In 2007, he co-founded Breitbart News.

In 2016, Bannon became the chief executive officer of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and was appointed Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor to the President following Trump's election. He left the position eight months later, and rejoined Breitbart.

In November 2017 he attended the Zionist Organization of America's annual dinner in Manhattan and told the ZOA he’s ‘proud to be a Christian Zionist’.[1][2]

In January 2018, Bannon was disavowed by Trump for critical comments reported in the book Fire and Fury, and left Breitbart.[3]

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