Article snippet: Stephen K. Bannon, the executive chairman of Breitbart News and the former White House chief strategist, spoke with Jeremy W. Peters, a reporter for The New York Times, in a wide-ranging interview on Wednesday. The following are highlights from the transcript of that interview, with analysis from Mr. Peters. Mr. Bannon is often characterized as far-right. But he has always seen himself as a player in a broader political movement that, at its core, is neither right nor left, but populist. In his ideal world, he would stitch together a coalition that draws in disaffected working-class voters from both parties who share a belief that they are powerless in the current economic and political system and disrespected by its leaders. Accomplishing this with a leader as polarizing as President Trump, of course, is more theoretical at this point than realistic. One of the unresolved questions clouding Mr. Bannon’s vision to build an enduring populist movement is whether it can transcend Mr. Trump. Mr. Bannon acknowledges that Mr. Trump is a once-in-a-lifetime charismatic leader. But he can’t be the movement’s leader forever. And once Mr. Trump is out of office, it is not clear that the movement he empowered lives on. Judge Roy S. Moore, who was engulfed in scandal this week after The Washington Post reported that he had sexual contact with a minor, is Exhibit A in the perils of building an insurgent political movement. These movements often rely on unpredictable, deeply fl... Link to the full article to read more