He was one of the most vocal early supporters of Donald Trump’s mass deportations – beguiling the credulous icons of the President’s inner circle with his purported intellectualism and carefully maintained British accent.
But after Milo Yiannopoulos became mired in scandal over his remarks on underage sex, the commentator and influencer broke with Trump to become one of Maga’s most divisive figures.
Yiannopoulos’s downfall and eviction from the United States, after he reportedly overstayed the expiration of his visa, looks much like a case of hubris – but it was also masterminded by the hard-right community that once embraced him.
A haunted, unkempt mugshot shows the 41-year-old scowling at the camera from inside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centre as he realises that the jig is finally up.
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