Steve Bannon will be a tough and smart new voice at @BreitbartNews... maybe even better than ever before, Trump tweeted. Fake News needs the competition!(TWEET-AT-LINK) Bannon returned to work late Friday as executive chairman at Breitbart News and chaired its evening editorial meeting Friday, the site said. The former adviser, who had a rocky 12-month tenure with Trump, said he plans to go to war for the president in his outside role.