Bannon compared Trump escalator ride to Leni Riefenstahl Nazi film, book says
by Martin Pengelly from US news | The Guardian on (#5VY37)
New book says Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will flashed' through Bannon's mind and that former adviser repeatedly invoked Hitler
Steve Bannon compared Donald Trump's infamous escalator ride to announce his candidacy for the White House to Triumph of the Will, the Nazi propaganda film made by Leni Riefenstahl, according to a book published on Tuesday.
In Insurgency: How Republicans Lost Their Party and Got Everything They Ever Wanted, the New York Times reporter Jeremy W Peters shows the former campaign chair, White House strategist and close Trump ally repeatedly invoking Hitler when discussing the 45th president.
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