But it all feels different now, because it is different. Steve King now has a close ally in the White House, a few steps away from Trump, in top presidential adviser Steve Bannon; as the Washington Post reported Monday, "Bannon's and King's shared view that Western civilization is under threat by immigration and refugees dates back to before either man got on the Trump train." Before now, racial anxiety was a disgusting tool to persuade working-class voters to elect Republicans with a pro-business agenda. Today, King, Bannon and Trump -- who has been effusive in praising King over the years -- are in a position to make white nationalism no longer just an Election Year come-on but now the core business of the federal government.