If this is true, I am glad he is gone!

According to this:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2017/08/18/bannons-departure-has-huge-implications-for-the-u-s-china-relationship/?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-a%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.762fbd2c9699

Mr. Bannon wanted a confrontation between the top hegemon of the world and with the country that the top hegemon owes an incredible sum of money to.
If this makes any sense to anyone, please tell me how it does.
Instead of improved harmony and greater free trade, Bannon was going in the opposite direction.
In these climes, it takes brilliant brains to go in the opposite direction.