The Guardian view on Steve Bannon’s departure: a presidency in eclipse | Editorial

The most combative White House aide has gone. Less a victory for moderation than a win for Wall Street, the generals and low tax RepublicansIn some civilisations, eclipses of the sun have always been seen as powerful portents. Awe-struck humans have even been known to respond with a human sacrifice, designed to appease deities who could make the land dark. If Donald Trump’s sacking of his chief strategist Steve Bannon was a sacrifice of this kind, it did not protect America from Monday&rsq