Steve Bannon apparently has been ripping the Koch brothers–telling them to get with the program, or else. The Kochs do not seem overly impressed. Why is that?
You shouldn’t be surprised. The Kochs are CLs; they believe in a radically smaller state, which excludes tariffs and stronger immigration controls. That is obviously in their economic self-interest, but, to be fair, they have also shown strong concerns about issues such as criminal justice reform that have no direct impacts on their bottom line. Bannon, for his part, is a Reactionary; he wants a swaggering, more powerful state that showers benefits on white native-born Christians and kicks everyone else’s butt.
The two mix like oil and water. They are only part of the same party because they both hate and fear the libs.