"Bannon has very much cast himself as a man in opposition: to a diversifying America, to corporatist Republicans, and to the administrative state itself. It is much more difficult, now inside of government, to pursue those agendas," said David Birdsell, dean of the Public Affairs School at Baruch College. "Even a government being 'deconstructed' needs to have people work with one another to get the job done, and that's inimical to the ethos that has apparently driven Bannon into increasingly heated conflict with those around him."