White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon said Thursday that one of the main goals of the Trump administration is to significantly reduce the power of the federal bureaucracy.
Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland, Bannon said two other goals are boosting national security and “economic nationalism.”
“The third, broadly, line of work is what is deconstruction of the administrative state,” he said to cheers.
He said one key move the Trump administration did right away was leaving the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which he said fit those goals.
“I think one of the most pivotal moments in modern American history was his immediate withdrawal from TPP,” he said. “That got us out of a … trade deal and let our sovereignty come back for ourselves.”
