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Trump disavows Steve Bannon: 'He not only lost his job, he lost his mind'
CNBC ^ | 03 JAN 18 | Jacob Pramuk | @jacobpramuk

Posted on 01/03/2018 10:30:12 AM PST by DCBryan1

President Donald Trump distanced himself from his former chief strategist Steve Bannon on Wednesday, contending that "he not only lost his job" but also "lost his mind" when he left the White House.

On Wednesday, excerpts from an upcoming Michael Wolff book showed that Bannon called a June 2016 meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer "treasonous" and "unpatriotic."

This is breaking news. Please check back for updates.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bannon; bookreview; fakemedia; fakenews; michaelwolff; stevebannon; trump; twitter; yourefired
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1 posted on 01/03/2018 10:30:12 AM PST by DCBryan1
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To: DCBryan1
Drudge has it too: Sirens and all


2 posted on 01/03/2018 10:31:17 AM PST by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!)
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Wouldn’t be surprised if Bannon was the one leaking to the press all this time..and we thought it was McCain, etc..might have been Bannon..a real shame if true because I always thought Bannon was a good guy who cared about Trump’s agenda


3 posted on 01/03/2018 10:31:41 AM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: DCBryan1

Trump is right as usual.


4 posted on 01/03/2018 10:31:53 AM PST by EdnaMode
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To: DCBryan1

Bannon disavowed this fake news.


5 posted on 01/03/2018 10:31:57 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: DCBryan1

I looked at the article, but didn’t see how Trump said this. Via tweet?


6 posted on 01/03/2018 10:32:07 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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To: DCBryan1

First off, CNBC, so who knows what the real story is, or even if there is a story.

I haven’t followed the Bannon story. Can anybody synopsize it down to a few sentences? Former Trump adviser? Fired for??? What’s Bannon’s ax to grind? Why would Trump even mention the man?


7 posted on 01/03/2018 10:32:43 AM PST by Gen.Blather
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To: DCBryan1

In a statement Wednesday, the president said Bannon — the nationalist firebrand — “had very little to do” with his electoral victory in 2016. Trump added that “Steve doesn’t represent my base — he’s only in it for himself.”

“Steve pretends to be at war with the media, which he calls the opposition party, yet he spent his time at the White House leaking false information to the media to make himself seem far more important than he was,” Trump said.

“It is the only thing he does well. Steve was rarely in a one-on-one meeting with me and only pretends to have had influence to fool a few people with no access and no clue, whom he helped write phony books,” he added.


8 posted on 01/03/2018 10:32:50 AM PST by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I can’t find a tweet from Trump, saying this.

Maybe he’ll tweet/confirm.

In the meantime.....it is CNBSC


9 posted on 01/03/2018 10:33:24 AM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: DCBryan1
If I had the time; I'd look back for a whole host of Bannon fan bois here at FR and say;
"I told you so.."

10 posted on 01/03/2018 10:34:25 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (R2: Proudly intruding since 1958)
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To: DCBryan1

Bannon is leading the insurgency against RINO senators. And those are the ones who have given the president the most trouble. Now is not the time to be attacking him.


11 posted on 01/03/2018 10:34:28 AM PST by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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Bannon is leading the insurgency against RINO senators. And those are the ones who have given the president the most trouble. Now is not the time to be attacking him.


12 posted on 01/03/2018 10:34:32 AM PST by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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I smell BS on both sides of this “fight”. Other people are putting words in Bannon’s mouth, and now CNBC puts these words in Trumps, without actual attribution (according to the excerpt).

I suspect media lies, once again.


13 posted on 01/03/2018 10:34:44 AM PST by MortMan (Irony is the opposite of wrinkly.)
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To: DCBryan1

Watching a little, baldheaded, Marxist ‘RAT snowflake on FNC right now. Bannon is now the darling of the snowflakes. They loved Bannon calling Trump “treasonous”. Bannon is their boy now.


14 posted on 01/03/2018 10:34:51 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (2017 - The year the liberals' "sexual revolution" strikes back!)
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To: DCBryan1

From your link....

President Donald Trump distanced himself from his former chief strategist Steve Bannon on Wednesday, contending that “he not only lost his job” but also “lost his mind” when he left the White House.

On Wednesday, excerpts from an upcoming Michael Wolff book showed that Bannon called a June 2016 meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer “treasonous” and “unpatriotic.” Bannon, who did not join the Trump campaign until August 2016, also said there was “zero” chance that then-candidate Trump did not meet with the attendees.

In a statement Wednesday, the president said Bannon — the nationalist firebrand — “had very little to do” with his electoral victory in 2016. Trump added that “Steve doesn’t represent my base — he’s only in it for himself.”

“Steve pretends to be at war with the media, which he calls the opposition party, yet he spent his time at the White House leaking false information to the media to make himself seem far more important than he was,” Trump said.

“It is the only thing he does well. Steve was rarely in a one-on-one meeting with me and only pretends to have had influence to fool a few people with no access and no clue, whom he helped write phony books,” he added.


A direct link to Trump’s statement would be nice.


15 posted on 01/03/2018 10:35:16 AM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: DCBryan1

Sounds like some kind of strategy to “show everybody” that Trump and Bannon are not working together. Bannon’s statement was hyped beyond just saying it was a dumb meeting.


16 posted on 01/03/2018 10:35:18 AM PST by \/\/ayne (-.. .-. .. -. -.- / -- --- .-. . / --- ...- .- .-.. - .. -. .)
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To: DCBryan1

This dumpster fire is not an example of “winning” in any way.


17 posted on 01/03/2018 10:35:48 AM PST by dead
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To: DCBryan1

Very unsiren worthy non-event. Drudge is another one who’s gone to the dark side.


18 posted on 01/03/2018 10:36:14 AM PST by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: DCBryan1

Trump is the greatest strategist and genius the Republic has ever known.

He won the most stunning electoral victory in history and is perhaps the most accomplished businessman of the last century.

Bannon is an ant compared to the giant Trump. The President is right to knock this little man down a few legs


19 posted on 01/03/2018 10:36:24 AM PST by WashingtonFire (President Trump - it's like having your dad as President !)
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To: conservative98

Ping to 15.


20 posted on 01/03/2018 10:36:27 AM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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