Embattled White House chief strategist Steve Bannon declared in an interview published Wednesday that the US is at "economic war with China," promised aggressive trade actions against Beijing and said he is "fighting" other top White House aides "every day."
Bannon also dismisses the ratcheting up of tensions stemming from North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile activity as "just a sideshow" and argues there is "no military solution" to the growing crisis, despite President Donald Trump's promises of"fire and fury" if North Korea continues to threaten or tries to target the US and its allies.
The startlingly candid comments, which were published Wednesday in an interview with The American Prospect, a progressive publication, come as Bannon's future inside the West Wing appears uncertain.
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