Steve Bannon: The seventh career adventist

Bannon has been a naval officer, a banker and Donald Trump’s chief strategist, among other things. Now he has turned disruptor of the Republican establishment

Steve Bannon: Donald Trump’s former campaign manager has caused chaos within the White House, and within the Republican party All pictures: Getty

It’s a biting cold November night on Manhattan’s 42nd Street. Outside the Hyatt Hotel, scores of New York Jews are protesting a decision by the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) to honour Steve Bannon, Donald Trump’s former campaign manager and chief White House strategist.

Bannon, 64, has returned to his previous post as chief executive of Breitbart, the online news site he describes as a “platform for the alt-right”, an umbrella term for ...