Steve Bannon compares himself to Thomas Cromwell. As you can imagine, the analogy nauseates me, being an admirer of the latter, and not the former.
That said, parts of the analogy actually make sense. Henry VIII had a pitifully short attention span and a terrible temper, craved popularity, and loved to manipulate people, particularly in his latter years. The resemblance to the man on golf cart can hardly be missed.
Mattis as the Duke of Norfolk and Priebus as Stephen Gardiner? It’s a bit of a stretch, but maybe.
Yes, Bannon and Cromwell both had revolutionary agendas. The difference is that only one of them is a vulgar, racist, conspiracy-loving crazoid. Cromwell gave us the English Bible, not Breitbart News.
Here’s hoping that Bannon suffers Cromwell’s fate, metaphorically speaking, of course.