HONG KONG • In the White House, Mr Stephen Bannon helped shape President Donald Trump’s nationalistic rhetoric that blamed China for economic woes in the United States..
HONG KONG • In the White House, Mr Stephen Bannon helped shape President Donald Trump’s nationalistic rhetoric that blamed China for economic woes in the United States.
Less than a month after leaving the government, Mr Bannon, the former chief strategist to Mr Trump, went to Hong Kong – at the invitation of brokerage firm CLSA – where he complimented China’s leadership.
The visit was Mr Bannon’s first high-profile overseas trip since he left the White House in August and returned to Breitbart News, the right-wing news outlet.
Mr Bannon had lunch yesterday with a small group of hedge fund managers and investors, and later gave a keynote address at a major investor conference.
He told the group that Mr Trump had great respect for China’s President Xi Jinping, and felt that the two leaders could find a solution to the North Korea crisis, reported The New York Times.
