--- title: Steve Bannon Trends on Twitter With #StopPresidentBannon description: #StopPresidentBannon is trending on Twitter after he was promoted to a role on the National Security Council canonical: https://time.com/4652785/steve-bannon-stoppresidentbannon-twitter-donald-trump/ author: Madeline Farber article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-29T15:33:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T03:00:43.826Z article:section: Politics og:title: Twitter Is Talking About Steve Bannon With the Hashtag #StopPresidentBannon og:description: The hashtag began trending after Bannon was promoted to a role on the National Security Council og:url: https://time.com/4652785/steve-bannon-stoppresidentbannon-twitter-donald-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc2734510d5735d81/6988b7b8524fc0ba8ddfae6c/steve-bannon.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: US Presidential Inauguration og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Twitter Is Talking About Steve Bannon With the Hashtag #StopPresidentBannon twitter:description: The hashtag began trending after Bannon was promoted to a role on the National Security Council twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc2734510d5735d81/6988b7b8524fc0ba8ddfae6c/steve-bannon.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Why Twitter Is Talking About Steve Bannon With the Hashtag #StopPresidentBannon by [Madeline Farber](https://time.com/author/madeline-farber/) ## Madeline Farber Jan 29, 2017 3:33 PM UTC  Steven K. Bannon, Senior Counselor for the presidency of Donald Trump chats outside St. John's Church in Washington on Jan. 20, 2017. Steven K. Bannon, Senior Counselor for the presidency of Donald Trump chats outside St. John's Church in Washington on Jan. 20, 2017.Chris Kleponis—EPA by [Madeline Farber](https://time.com/author/madeline-farber/) ## Madeline Farber Jan 29, 2017 3:33 PM UTC The hashtag #StopPresidentBannon hit the top of Twitter’s U.S. trending chart as thousands sought to protest President Trump’s chief strategist. Bannon was promoted to a role on the National Security Council (NSC) on Saturday. The council is the main group that advises the president on national security and foreign affairs. With the move, Bannon will join “high-level discussions about national security,” according [BBC News](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38787241). The move also shook up traditional makeup of the council, diminishing the role of military and intelligence leadership. According to the BBC, “the director of national intelligence and the joint chiefs will attend when discussions pertain to their areas.” Normally, the director and joint chiefs attend all meetings in the principals’ committee — the NSC’s inner circle, according to BBC. Prior to joining Trump’s campaign and the White House, Bannon was the executive chairman of Breitbart News. Both Bannon and Breitbart have been [criticized for their links to the racist and nationalist movement know as the “alt-right.”](http://time.com/4569588/donald-trump-stephen-bannon-breitbart-white-house/) As chief strategist, Bannon has also been a driving force behind many of Trump’s most controversial executive orders, namely the ban refugees and on entry by people from seven Muslim-majority countries. All this has some questioning Bannon’s power in the White House — hence the trending hashtag. Here are some of the reactions on Twitter: > [](https://twitter.com/fullwoodpdx/status/825629068720693249) > [](https://twitter.com/satx%5Fvalerie/status/825642250235478017) > [](https://twitter.com/papabear7533/status/825682784027082752) > [](https://twitter.com/2020fight/status/825712515539628032) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4652785/steve-bannon-stoppresidentbannon-twitter-donald-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4652785/steve-bannon-stoppresidentbannon-twitter-donald-trump/"},"headline":"Why Twitter Is Talking About Steve Bannon With the Hashtag #StopPresidentBannon","datePublished":"2017-01-29T15:33:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T03:00:43.826Z","description":"The hashtag began trending after Bannon was promoted to a role on the National Security Council","url":"https://time.com/4652785/steve-bannon-stoppresidentbannon-twitter-donald-trump/","keywords":["White House","Donald Trump","onetime","steve bannon"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc2734510d5735d81/6988b7b8524fc0ba8ddfae6c/steve-bannon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Madeline Farber","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/madeline-farber/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc2734510d5735d81/6988b7b8524fc0ba8ddfae6c/steve-bannon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US Presidential Inauguration","caption":"Steven K. 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