Bannon and Priebus to lead Trump White House
On Sunday, President-elect Donald Trump announced two major appointments: Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, as chief of staff, and Stephen Bannon, former CEO of far-right website Breitbart and Trump campaign head, as “chief strategist and senior counselor”. So who are they? Bannon’s appointment caused concern: his website has been charged with carrying racist, antisemitic and sexist stories and peddling conspiracy theories. He was also accused by his ex-wife of making antisemitic remarks, faced domestic violence charges that were dropped and was found to have been registered to vote in Florida at an empty house where he did not live, though he subsequently changed his registration. He and Priebus were said to be working as “equal partners”.