Steve Bannon gives fascist-style salute at US Conservative Political Action Conference

The French far-right leader Jordan Bardella has cancelled a scheduled speech at the US Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland after Donald Trump’s former aide Steve Bannon flashed an apparent fascist-style salute there hours before. The National Rally president cited Bannon’s allusion to 'Nazi ideology' as the reason. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub Bannon flashed the gesture after speaking on Thursday night directly after tech billionaire Elon Musk, who caused controversy in January after he gave a similar gesture at the US president’s second inauguration French far-right leader cancels CPAC speech over Steve Bannon’s ‘Nazi’ salute ► https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/21/steve-bannon-jordan-bardella-nazi-salute-cpac The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://bit.ly/3uhA7zg Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► http://theguardian.com/first-edition Website ► https://www.theguardian.com Facebook ►https://www.facebook.com/theguardian Instagram ► https://instagram.com/guardian The Guardian on YouTube: The Guardian ► https://bit.ly/guardiannewssubs Guardian Australia ► https://bit.ly/guardianaussubs Guardian Football ► https://bit.ly/gdnfootballsubs Guardian Sport ► https://bit.ly/gdnsportsubs It's Complicated ► https://bit.ly/ItsComplicatedSubs Guardian Live ► https://bit.ly/guardianlivesubs #stevebannon #cpac #politics #usa #trump #donaldtrump