--- description: Stephen Bannon said in his first public remarks since leaving the White House that he will be “going to war” for President Donald Trump. title: Steve Bannon: I'm 'Going to War' Against President Trump's Opponents image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec424629f573f9bf/6988da567cdbac12b9d59a99/steve-bannon.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [White House](/tag/white-house/) ## White House Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Steve Bannon: I'm 'Going to War' Against President Trump's Opponents by [Joshua Green / Bloomberg](/author/bloomberg/) ## Joshua Green / Bloomberg Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 18, 2017 9:34 PM CUT  Steve Bannon, Former Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor to U.S. President Donald Trump in January, 2017 in Washington, DC. Steve Bannon, Former Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor to U.S. President Donald Trump in January, 2017 in Washington, DC.Win McNamee—Getty Images by [Joshua Green / Bloomberg](/author/bloomberg/) ## Joshua Green / Bloomberg Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 18, 2017 9:34 PM CUT Stephen Bannon said in his first public remarks since his ouster from the White House that he will be “going to war” for President Donald Trump. “If there’s any confusion out there, let me clear it up: I’m leaving the White House and going to war for Trump against his opponents — on capitol hill, in the media, and in corporate America,” Bannon said Friday in an interview hours after his departure was announced by the administration. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4907499/steve-bannon-war-donald-trump-opponents/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4907499/steve-bannon-war-donald-trump-opponents/"},"headline":"Steve Bannon: I'm 'Going to War' Against President Trump's Opponents","datePublished":"2017-08-18T21:34:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T17:04:28.752Z","description":"He made the statement in his first public remarks since leaving the White House","url":"https://time.com/4907499/steve-bannon-war-donald-trump-opponents/","keywords":["White House","Bloomberg","Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec424629f573f9bf/6988da567cdbac12b9d59a99/steve-bannon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Joshua Green / Bloomberg"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec424629f573f9bf/6988da567cdbac12b9d59a99/steve-bannon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Nikki Haley Sworn In As United Nations Ambassador","caption":"Nikki Haley Sworn In As United Nations Ambassador","creditText":"Win McNamee—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4907499/steve-bannon-war-donald-trump-opponents/","name":"Steve Bannon: I'm 'Going to War' Against President Trump's Opponents"}}]}] ```