But just like everybody else who has worked closely with Donald Trump, Bannon is either delusional or trying to delude.
He’s not the everyman – he’s the corrupt elite.
This was driven home once again on Thursday, when Bannon surrendered himself to New York prosecutors to face charges of defrauding donors to We Build the Wall, a non-profit organization that raised over $25m to build a wall to keep immigrants from crossing America’s southern border.
Although donors to the group were assured that 100% of their money would be used on construction, large sums were siphoned into the pockets of those running the group.
And who as chairman of the board allegedly took the greatest sum of all?
None other than Steve Bannon.
This affair – in which two people have already pleaded guilty – is a very direct example of a prominent figure in the Maga movement lining their pockets with the money of unsuspecting marks.
But it also stands as a metaphor for the movement as a whole.
Far from standing up for the interests of “ordinary Americans”, Maga exists to funnel money, power and prestige to a small elite while not lifting a finger to improve the lives of anyone else.
But just like everybody else who has worked closely with Donald Trump, Bannon is either delusional or trying to delude.
He’s not the everyman – he’s the corrupt elite.
This was driven home once again on Thursday, when Bannon surrendered himself to New York prosecutors to face charges of defrauding donors to We Build the Wall, a non-profit organization that raised over $25m to build a wall to keep immigrants from crossing America’s southern border.
Although donors to the group were assured that 100% of their money would be used on construction, large sums were siphoned into the pockets of those running the group.
And who as chairman of the board allegedly took the greatest sum of all?
None other than Steve Bannon.
This affair – in which two people have already pleaded guilty – is a very direct example of a prominent figure in the Maga movement lining their pockets with the money of unsuspecting marks.
But it also stands as a metaphor for the movement as a whole.
Far from standing up for the interests of “ordinary Americans”, Maga exists to funnel money, power and prestige to a small elite while not lifting a finger to improve the lives of anyone else.
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