Donald Trump’s Base Gives Zero F*&#s That Steve Bannon Is GoneDaily Beast, Aug 23, 2017, Asawin Suebsaeng,Gideon Resnick
Tuesday night’s speech revealed once again that Trump was Trump before Bannon ever came aroundSteve Bannon, the figure most frequently touted as the Machiavellian mastermind behind President Donald Trump’s connection with his populist base, left the White House late last week.
But his absence has shown no signs of hampering the support Trump enjoys among those core supporters. All indication in the past five days has been that those voters like Trump for Trump and it makes little to no difference who stands beside him inside the White House.
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“I don't think that President Trump's overall conservative support will be impacted by Steve Bannon’s absence,” Chris Ruddy, CEO of Newsmax and a friend of Trump’s, told The Daily Beast. “I see the president's conservative base is rock solid, and his supporters understand that he has to take pragmatic steps to implement his vision. He can't fulfill all of his promises, and needs the support of Congress.”
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