Bannon backs away from anti-Trump remarks
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon on Sunday (Monday in Manila) sought to back away from incendiary remarks quoted in an explosive new book that have landed him in hot water with the president he helped elect.
Bannon has found himself in dire straits since excerpts of Paul Wolff’s “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House”—an explosive behind- the- scenes account that questions the president’s - lished on Wednesday.
He has been abandoned by erstwhile political allies and ridiculed by Trump himself over his which he has not denied making.
as saying a pre-election meeting involving son Donald Trump Jr. and a Kremlin- linked Russian that prosecutors investigating possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia would “crack Don Junior like an egg on national TV.”
In a statement to the Axios senior Trump adviser until he was 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.”
aimed at onetime Trump cam seasoned campaign professional” who “should have known [ the and not our friends.”
‘I regret my delay’
is quoted as saying that “the top three guys in the campaign”— son- in- law Jared Kushner— attended the meeting he described as “treasonous.”
The closest Bannon came to an actual apology was saying he regretted the timing of his response.
“I regret that my delay in responding to the inaccurate reporting regarding Don Jr. has diverted attention from the president’s historical accomplishments.”
Trump on Sunday continued his daily assault on “Fire and Fury” book—which paints him as disen with signs of serious memory by a totally discredited author.”
Wolff’s suggestion that he lacked “very stable genius.”
Senior Trump policy adviser Stephen Miller treated the book derisively while insisting that his boss was in fact “a political ge on Sunday.
author of a garbage book.” He - dictive” and “out of touch with reality.”
‘Not going to succeed’
Wolff defended his work on Sun did not” violate any off-the-record agreements in his reporting but the president “probably did not think of them as interviews.”
He also portrayed a high level of concern in the White House over whether Trump risks being
White House “questions the stability of the president.” She suggested that Wolff was someone who would “lie for money and for power.”
But Wolff insisted he did not enter the book project with an anti-Trump bias or agenda.
“I would have been delighted to have written a contrarian ac not the story. He is not going to succeed. This is worse than everybody thought.”
insisted that Wolff’s portrayal of Trump was “just pure fantasy.”
‘Hysterical coverage’
Far from being detached and unable to deal with complex policy - - CIA.” He described Trump as an “avid consumer” of the agency’s intelligence.
Pompeo added that Trump was “ludicrous” to suggest otherwise.
But in a probable sign of White Miller lashed out in an unusually raw clash with his CNN interview
Miller called Tapper “con accused CNN of engaging in “negative anti-Trump hysterical coverage” and “spectacularly embarrassing false reporting.”
The two men repeatedly spoke over each other before Tapper de Miller—who was still talking—to tersely announce the next guest.
Miller’s combative performance on CNN got a thumbs up from his boss.
“Jake Tapper of Fake News CNN just got destroyed in his interview with Stephen Miller of the Trump Administration. Watch the hatred and unfairness of this CNN segment aired.