Bannon: Shakuni or Change Agent?

Steve Bannon is being vilified as some kind of Shakuni who whispers into the ears of Duryodhan J Trump:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bannon-explained-his-worldview-well-before-it-became-official-us-policy/2017/01/31/2f4102ac-e7ca-11e6-80c2-30e57e57e05d_story.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/30/opinion/president-bannon.html

http://www.newsday.com/long-island/politics/muslim-exclusions-nsc-shake-up-reflect-bannon-s-growing-power-1.13033718

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/01/stephen-bannon-miller-trump-refugee-ban-islamophobia-white-nationalist

http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/316999-shock-and-alarm-at-bannons-new-role


However, his view of America's challenges are very different from a rank-and-file establishment who are fixated against Moscow, at the expense of allowing the rise of Islamist and Chinese hegemonies.