From scary svengali to sad crank: my unhappy hour with Steve Bannon | Tim Dowling

By not appearing on television he created a sinister mystique. But his first interview unmasked him more as little more than a pub boreFormer White House chief strategist Steve Bannon used to be portrayed in the media as the great manipulator, a svengali – or, on Saturday Night Live, as the grim reaper. The fact that he never spoke on television meant the caricature didn’t have to bear any relation to reality, but it also worked to his advantage. It made him seem calculating and scary. It didn’t hurt that in pictures he always looked as if he’d spent the last three weeks living in his car. Related: Why does Steve Bannon wear all his shirts at once? Continue reading…

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