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Steve Bannon’s gesture at CPAC drew immediate accusations that he had made a Nazi-style salute, adding fresh backlash to a Trump-aligned gathering already saturated with hard-right symbolism. Bannon said it was just a wave, but the clip fed exactly the kind of imagery critics use to argue that Trump’s movement is comfortable with uglier fringes.
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Steve Bannon’s gesture at CPAC drew immediate accusations that he had made a Nazi-style salute, adding fresh backlash to a Trump-aligned gathering already saturated with hard-right symbolism. Bannon said it was just a wave, but the clip fed exactly the kind of imagery critics use to argue that Trump’s movement is comfortable with uglier fringes.
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