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Trump responded to the ongoing controversy over Bannon's appointment in an interview with ''The New York Times'', saying, "I’ve known Steve Bannon a long time. If I thought he was a racist, or alt-right, or any of the things that we can, you know, the terms we can use, I wouldn’t even think about hiring him."<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/23/us/politics/trump-new-york-times-interview-transcript.html?_r=0 Donald Trump’s New York Times Interview: Full Transcript] By THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 23, 2016</ref> |
Trump responded to the ongoing controversy over Bannon's appointment in an interview with ''The New York Times'', saying, "I’ve known Steve Bannon a long time. If I thought he was a racist, or alt-right, or any of the things that we can, you know, the terms we can use, I wouldn’t even think about hiring him."<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/23/us/politics/trump-new-york-times-interview-transcript.html?_r=0 Donald Trump’s New York Times Interview: Full Transcript] By THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 23, 2016</ref> |
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=== Trump administration === |
=== Trump administration === |
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| ⚫ | At the end of January 2017, in a departure from the previous format of the [[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]] (NSC), the holder of Bannon′s position, along with that of the [[White House Chief of Staff|Chief of Staff]], was designated by Donald Trump′s Memorandum as a regular attendee to the NSC′s Principals Committee, a Cabinet-level senior interagency forum for considering national security issues.<ref name="assistant" /><ref name=Phippen>{{cite web |last=Phippen |first=J. Weston |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/liveblogs/2017/01/todays-news-jan-28-2017/514826/14243/ |title=Trump Gives Stephen Bannon Access to the National Security Council |publisher=[[The Atlantic]] |date=January 29, 2017 |accessdate=January 29, 2017}}</ref><ref name=BBC-170129>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38787241 |title=Trump puts Bannon on security council, dropping joint chiefs |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=January 29, 2017 |accessdate=January 29, 2017}}</ref> The enacted arrangement was criticised ny several members of previous administrations and was called “stone cold crazy” by [[Susan E. Rice]], Barack Obama’s last national security adviser.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/29/us/stephen-bannon-donald-trump-national-security-council.html?_r=0 Bannon Is Given Security Role Usually Held for Generals]</ref> |
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[[File:Trump protest (30297762504).jpg|thumb|left|People [[Protests against Donald Trump|protesting]] against Trump's appointment of Bannon an alleged white supremacist and racist]] |
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| ⚫ | At the end of January 2017, in a departure from the previous format of the [[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]] (NSC), the holder of Bannon′s position, along with that of the [[White House Chief of Staff|Chief of Staff]], was designated by Donald Trump′s Memorandum as a regular attendee to the NSC′s Principals Committee, a Cabinet-level senior interagency forum for considering national security issues.<ref name="assistant" /><ref name=Phippen>{{cite web |last=Phippen |first=J. Weston |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/liveblogs/2017/01/todays-news-jan-28-2017/514826/14243/ |title=Trump Gives Stephen Bannon Access to the National Security Council |publisher=[[The Atlantic]] |date=January 29, 2017 |accessdate=January 29, 2017}}</ref><ref name=BBC-170129>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38787241 |title=Trump puts Bannon on security council, dropping joint chiefs |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=January 29, 2017 |accessdate=January 29, 2017}}</ref> |
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== Personal life == |
== Personal life == |
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