Steve Bannon on the State of Populist Economic Nationalism : âItâs Just the Top of the First Inningâ
Steve Bannon
Breitbart News Executive Chairman and former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon gave a positive view of the state of the populist economic nationalist movement in an interview published Tuesday  saying the movement is going well but is just getting started.
âI think weâve had a pretty good run so far  and itâs just the top of the first inning â  Bannon  told Good Luck Americaâs Peter Hamby in an interview available exclusively on Snapchat.
 Bannon  has been recruiting candidates to run against establishment Republicans in Senate primaries in 2018  causing panic among GOP leadership.  He  said it was not about a war within the Republican Party  but about a war with the permanent political class.
âThis kind of populist nationalist right has been having this fight with the establishment â  Bannon  said. âTrump was a rejection of the entire establishment. The permanent political class has a business model  and theyâre not prepared to give up power.â
 Bannon  also noted that the establishment Republicans have frequently not had President Trumpâs back and that it is up to the populist right to support Trump in that agenda and make sure it is implemented on Capitol Hill.  He  also said  he  believes Trump is paying more attention to the movement in the wake of Judge Roy Mooreâs defeat of Sen. Luther Strange (R-AL) in the Alabama Republican Senate primary.
 Bannon  said:
I think  he  understood after the primary in Alabama that  his  base believes in a handful of things: They want to build the wall. They want to stop illegal immigration. They still want to get us out of these  what they consider these pointless foreign wars. And I think itâs incumbent on the âdeplorablesâ to be out there.
Asked about whether the populist movement  by going after Republicans  could actually be helping Democrats   Bannon  dismissed those concerns.
âI think this whole thing is evolving â  he  said. âYou have this populist economic nationalism  and itâs just starting to catch on  and I think people who embrace the Trump agenda are going to win primaries and be the best candidates against Democrats.â
On the question of whether  his  influence had been reduced since leaving the White House   Bannon  said  he  has more influence now than  he  did when  he  was serving as a staffer in the West Wing.
âWhen youâre in the White House  you know  youâre just another staffer  and I had a lot of influence â  he  said. âBut thereâs a difference between influence and power  [and] when Iâm out with  Breitbart  and have all my weapons  I can really effect change much more and help the president.â
Breitbart News Executive Chairman and  [TGT]  gave a positive view of the state of the populist economic nationalist movement in an interview published Tuesday  saying the movement is going well but is just getting started.
âI think weâve had a pretty good run so far  and itâs just the top of the first inning â   [TGT] told Good Luck Americaâs Peter Hamby in an interview available exclusively on Snapchat.
  [TGT] has been recruiting candidates to run against establishment Republicans in Senate primaries in 2018  causing panic among GOP leadership.   [TGT]   said it was not about a war within the Republican Party  but about a war with the permanent political class.
âThis kind of populist nationalist right has been having this fight with the establishment â   [TGT] said. âTrump was a rejection of the entire establishment. The permanent political class has a business model  and theyâre not prepared to give up  [TGT] 
also noted that the establishment Republicans have frequently not had President Trumpâs back and that it is up to the populist right to support Trump in that agenda and make sure it is implemented on Capitol Hill.   [TGT]   also said   [TGT]   believes Trump is paying more attention to the movement in the wake of Judge Roy Mooreâs defeat of Sen. Luther Strange (R-AL) in the Alabama Republican Senate primary.
  [TGT] said:
I think   [TGT]   understood after the primary in Alabama that   [TGT]   base believes in a handful of things: They want to build the wall. They want to stop illegal immigration. They still want to get us out of these  what they consider these pointless foreign wars. And I think itâs incumbent on the âdeplorablesâ to be out there.
Asked about whether the populist movement  by going after Republicans  could actually be helping Democrats    [TGT] dismissed those concerns.
âI think this whole thing is evolving â  he  said. âYou have this populist economic nationalism  and itâs just starting to catch on  and I think people who embrace the Trump agenda are going to win primaries and be the best candidates against Democrats.â
On the question of whether  his  influence had been reduced since leaving the White House    [TGT] said  he  has more influence now than  he  did when  he  was serving as a staffer in the West Wing.
âWhen youâre in the White House  you know  youâre just another staffer  and I had a lot of influence â  he  said. âBut thereâs a difference between influence and power  [and] when Iâm out with  Breitbart  and have all my weapons  I can really effect change much more and help the president.â