Steve Bannon stood before a Texas audience recently and delivered a speech that was less warning than performance. The stage was set with deliberate alarm: Western civilization under siege, Islam as the invading force, and Texas—mythic, cowboy Texas—as the last redoubt. This wasn’t news. Instead, this was theater. Moreover, like all good theater, it’s doing two things at once. What Steve Bannon Said in His Texas Speech Bannon’s narrative builds on a stack of familiar claims, each one designed to trigger rather than inform: European cities have been “lost without a fight.” London, Paris, Amsterdam—apparently conquered territories now, though their … Continue reading Steve Bannon Texas Speech: Fear as Political Theater