Stephen Kevin Bannon is an American media executive, Republican political strategist, pundit and former investment banker. He served as the White House's chief strategist for the first seven months of
Bannon in 2025
A placard criticizing Bannon at an anti-Trump protest in November 2016
Bannon and other advisors watching Trump sign an executive order in the Oval Office in January 2017
The inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States marked the commencement of the first term of Trump as president and the only term of Mike Pence as vice president. An estima
Donald Trump takes the oath of office as the 45th president of the United States.
Rick Gates was deputy chairman of the inauguration.
Then-President-elect Trump and his wife, Melania, arriving at Joint Base Andrews in Washington, D.C. for the inauguration
Donald Trump and Mike Pence at the wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier