February 21, 2017investigationexecutive branch staffingpolitical philosophyexecutive branchmediaideology
Politico reports Yarvin communicating with Bannon inside White House
Politico reported that Steve Bannon, then chief strategist in the first Trump White House, read Yarvin's blog and that Yarvin had opened a line to the administration through an intermediary. The Atlantic, Mother Jones, and The Independent picked up the story. The reporting marked the first major mainstream coverage of neoreactionary thought reaching senior White House staff.