Steve Bannon portrayed wearing Nazi armband in Chinese state media cartoon
Illustration depicts President with chief advisor re-enacting famous scene from Titanic
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Your support makes all the difference.State-owned newspaper China Daily has featured a cartoon of Steve Bannon in a Nazi armband standing beside Donald Trump.
The cartoon depicts the pair re-enacting the famous “I’m the King of the World” scene from 1997 movie Titanic.
In the scene, Leonardo Di Caprio, playing Jack Dawson, is seen with Danny Nucci, playing Fabrizio De Rossi, Jack’s best friend, shouting the iconic phrase while at the front of the ship.
The cartoon mimics this, showing Mr Trump with his arms aloft and Mr Bannon next to him. The former executive chair of Breitbart News is shown with a red armband and a green jacket - synonymous with Nazi uniform.
The cartoon appeared in the print edition of the state-owned English-language daily newspaper.
Mr Bannon had previously warned that war would erupt in the South China Sea between the United States and China in “five to 10 years”.
The Counsellor to the President of the United States said: "They’re taking their sandbars and making basically stationary aircraft carriers and putting missiles on those.
“They come here to the United States in front of our face—and you understand how important face is—and say it’s an ancient territorial sea."
The Independent has contacted China Daily for a comment.
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