You may have seen the less than flattering picture of White House assistant to the “so called president” on this week’s issue of Time Magazine with the tag line, “The Great Manipulator.”  Of this, I have no doubt.  Look closely at the cover photograph.  It is posed, not candid.  If I did not know better, I would have guessed the subject of the article was a chess grand master such as Bobby Fischer or Boris Spassky.  His eyes and posture tell you this is man who is thinking several moves ahead.

As Bannon rose to power, first in Donald Trump’s campaign and now his administration, much was made of Bannon’s former position as executive director of Breitbart News, focusing on the publication’s alt-right and white supremacist slant.  Therefore, it came as quite a shock when Bannon told Ronald Radosh of The Daily Beast, “I’m a Leninist.” (August 8, 2016).  When Radosh asks Bannon what he means by that, Bannon replies:

Lenin wanted to destroy the state, and that’s my goal too. I want to bring everything crashing down, and destroy all of today’s establishment.

Before submitting the article to his editor, Radosh emailed Bannon, asking if he wanted to elaborate or clarify his comments.  Bannon denied ever meeting Radosh or having the conversation.  Amnesia does seem to be this administration’s drug of choice.

Since Bannon felt comfortable enough to share his admiration for the late Russian revolutionary, in the interest of balanced blogging, the time has come to admit I am a Marxist.  Through Marx, I have gained a better understanding of Trump and the movement which led to his occupation of the White House.  Consider the following quotes from Marx’ manifesto.

 The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing.  If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.

Those are my principles, and if you don’t like them…well I have others.

He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don’t let that fool you. He really is an idiot.

I have nothing but respect for you — and not much of that.

A child of five could understand this.  Send someone to fetch a child of five.

Whatever it is, I’m against it.

Oh!  Forgive me.  I forgot to mention.  When I said I am a Marxist, I was referring to Groucho, not Karl.

For what it’s worth.
Dr. ESP