Bannon, in the Dog House and Desperate to Recover, Says His Support for Trump Is ‘Unwavering’
Steve Bannon has issued a statement of regret, but not an apology. Indeed, the words “sorry” or “apologize” don’t appear in the statement. The Breitbart publisher who was interviewed multiple times and spoke very freely to Michael Wolff when he was the Trump White House Chief Strategist has lost his top financial backer and the support and friendship of the president after remarks he made centered prominently in “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.”
Bannon is also praising Donald Trump Jr. in a new statement given exclusively to Axios.
“Donald Trump, Jr. is both a patriot and a good man. He has been relentless in his advocacy for his father and the agenda that has helped turn our country around,” Bannon’s statement says.Â
Bannon’s statement says his comments about Donald Trump Jr’s meeting with the Russians, which he called “treasonous” and “unpatriotic,” were not about Don Jr. but about Paul Manafort.
Bannon had told Wolff, “They’re going to crack Don Junior like an egg on national TV,'” so his new statement is inconsistent with his remarks to Wolff.Â
He also says in the book, “The chance that Don Jr. did not walk these jumos up to his father’s office on the twenty-sixth floor is zero.â€
“There was no collusion and the investigation is a witch hunt,” Bannon continues, using the exact same words Trump has to describe them. The investigation has already produced a two guilty pleas and two other indictments.
“My support is also unwavering for the president and his agenda — as I have shown daily in my national radio broadcasts, on the pages of Breitbart News and in speeches and appearances from Tokyo and Hong Kong to Arizona and Alabama.”
Indeed, Breitbart, which Bannon has called the “platform for the alt-right,” is also once again the Trump News Network. Here’s the front page as it appears right now:
“Axios has learned that POTUS has said that he wants surrogates who appear for him on TV to ‘bury Steve,'” Axios reports, adding, “Axios’ Jonathan Swan reported last night: Trump has been working the phones over the past several days, telling allies they need to choose between him and Bannon.”
On CNN Sunday morning, White House policy advisor Stephen Miller had an unhinged meltdown attempting to attack Wolff, Bannon, and CNN. The President then applauded him via Twitter.
Some responses via Twitter:
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