Best friend Quote by Michael Wolff
““I now understand what it is like to be in the court of the Tudors,” reflected Bannon. On the campaign trail, he recalled, Newt Gingrich “would come with all these dumb ideas. When we won he was my new best friend. Every day a hundred ideas. When”—by spring in the White House—“I got cold, when I went through my Valley of Death, I saw him one day in the lobby and he looks down, avoiding my eyes with a kind of mumbled ‘Hey, Steve.’ And I say, ‘What are you doing here, let’s get you inside,’ and he says, ‘No, no, I’m fine, I’m waiting for Dina Powell.’” Having attained the unimaginable—bringing a fierce alt-right, antiliberal ethnopopulism into a central place in the White House—Bannon found himself face to face with the untenable: undermined by and having to answer to rich, entitled Democrats.””
About This Quote
Source Book: Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff, 2018
Bannon reflects on the surreal, hostile environment of the White House, feeling isolated and judged by political elites.
In simple terms: Bannon felt out of place among powerful Democrats.
Key Takeaway
Recognize the cost of political isolation.
Themes
politics
power
isolation
culture war
elite dynamics
Mood
cynical
reflective
Type
political
memoir
When to use this quote
- campaign trail
- White House
- media interviews
- political negotiations
Key Concepts
authoritarianism
populism
institutional conflict
Questions to Reflect On
- How does power affect personal relationships?
- What can leaders do to bridge ideological divides?
A Different Perspective
The perspective may be biased by personal grievances.
